How to Find files by date modified in Windows

If want to search a file for a specific date range in Windows, then it is possible. The date-modified feature in Windows can help you to find a file. Using File Explorer in Windows, you can easily find files that have been edited in a specific date range. Let’s see the steps.

1. Open File Explorer.
2. Open a folder location in which you want to find a file.
3. In the File Explorer on the right side, click on the search box.
4. Type datemodified colons, and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
5. In the Search result, you will notice that a Date modified column has opened with a date range files list.
6. Click on the Date modified column at the top.
7. This will sort the files from the date range.
8. You can also click on the Date modified button at the top search menu list.
9. From the drop-down list, you can search your file with different date ranges. Like, This month, Last Month, This Year, Last year, etc.
10. Let’s try to find a file in a specific date range.
11. To do so, click on the search, and next to datemodified: , type your date.
12. For example, I am typing 4/11/2022 to search a file in a specific date range, and press the Enter key.
13. See, in the search result, a file has been found on my searched date.
14. Now, If I want to search the files in a specific date range?
15. Then, type two dots next to the first date and then type another date.
16. Like here, I have typed datemodifiled:4/11/2022..10/6/2022, and have pressed the Enter key.
17. See, the search result is showing me the files on my mentioned date range.

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[jeffersonmarchan]

You should have a million likes by now. You are my hero!

[Goagubbe]

Some helpful information if you want to search for specific dates. You need to write the date from EU for example. Since US write dates in a different way. also if you have windows in a specific language than english its a command in your language. For example I am in Sweden but I use windows in english and I need to write: datemodified:2022-09-13.. 2022-09-28 but if I have a windows in Swedish I need to write: Senaständrat:2022-09-13.. 2022-09-28 - so if you have windows in a specific language you have to use the specific command in your language and also write the dates like they are shown in folders. Hope you find what you are looking for, I didnt and I had to figure all this out first.

[Outlandandassociates]

I did datecreated: and it was able to find what I needed in 2017, Thank you

[christophergiller]

Thank you! This saved me redoing something that would have taken a long time.

[cherylthornett]

Guess what, this doesn't work properly any more--it misses files out I know I modified TODAY and want to back up manually.

[ynufyvj]

It doesn't work. What happened to microsoft anyway?

[CandidPhotographyStudio]

You saved me. Lots of love and good wishes

[Nikki-vgpu]

Is there a way to filter by just Date and not Date modified? Thanks

[PetrosMichailidis]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ❤ THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY FOR ME. 💯 GREETINGS FROM GREECE 🌞

[patmat.]

Great small tuto, thx x1000 .
Why on earth did they remove the GUI for this essential function !? Not only haven't they added any useful tools in File Explorer in 20 years, they're now removing the few they had. Someone please take Windows away from the sick greedy hands of Microsoft Corp.

[MrMurfle]

Huh? I don't see all that stuff in the ribbon on my windows 11 file explorer.

[Pacific]

Thank you, but it didn't work for me. Windows 10. April, 2023

[gauravsharma-gmpu]

I don't won't this need to reset how to do

[OlGoodJoe]

Did not work for me. Windows sucks so bad.

[davwynn]

This video starts by not providing everything needed for the first step. The video says "open file explorer" but does not tell HOW TO OPEN FILE EXPLORER! My God do all techies take a class in how to leave out steps in what they are explaining??!!

[joebruno]

Windows has gone downhill with answers to SIMPLE questions. If Linux gets easier to use, goodbye windows. And yes, I know you don't care...