How to search for file types on Google
When you search for something on Google, you’ll likely see a list of HTML web pages in the results.
But Google can also help you find non-HTML files. Like PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, Adobe files and more.
Let’s see how.
How to Search Google by File Type
Search Google by file type using the “filetype:” search operator. This operator narrows the search results to a specific file type.
For example, a search for “filetype:pdf health” will show PDF files containing the word “health”.
A search for “filetype:ppt travel” will show presentations related to travel.
This is possible because Google can crawling and indexing different types of files.
File types available on Google
Here is a complete list of file types you can find on Google:
| Format | File extension |
| Adobe Portable Document Format | |
| Adobe PostScript | p.s |
| Autodesk Design Web Format | growth |
| Google earth | kml, kmz |
| GPS exchange format | gpx |
| Hancom Hanword | hwp |
| HTML | htm, html |
| Microsoft Excel | xls, xlsx |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | ppt, pptx |
| Microsoft Word | doc, docx |
| OpenOffice presentation | odp |
| OpenOffice spreadsheet | ods |
| OpenOffice text | dept |
| Rich text format | rtf |
| Scalable vector graphics | svg |
| TeX/LaTeX | text |
| Text | txt |
| Basic source code | bark |
| C/C++ source code | c, cc, cpp, cxx, h, hpp |
| C# source code | cs |
| Java source code | java |
| Perl source code | pl |
| Python source code | py |
| Wireless Markup... |
source: https://news.oneseocompany.com/2023/07/10/how-to-search-for-file-types-on-google_2023071047418.html
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