We all search Google for our queries. Normally, we search for phrases and expect results as web pages. Did you know that you can Google more than just standard web pages?
Google can help you find books, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, Adobe files, and much more with the help of file type search.
File types that you can search in Google
| Format | File Extension |
| Adobe Portable Document Format | |
| Adobe PostScript | ps |
| Autodesk Design Web Format | dwf |
| 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 | odt |
| Rich Text Format | rtf |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | svg |
| TeX/LaTeX | tex |
| Text | txt |
| Basic source code | bas |
| 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 Language | wml, wap |
| XML | xml |
How to Find/Search File Types on Google
To achieve this you just need to use the filetype search operator. To do a file type search just add filetype in the begining of your search
filetype:PDF game of thrones
For example, the below search will return pdf files on the top
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