[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":103},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/2025/12/23-searching-files-by-datemodified-in-file-explorer-in-windows":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":94,"description":72,"extension":95,"meta":96,"navigation":97,"path":98,"robots":99,"seo":100,"stem":101,"__hash__":102},"posts/2025/12/23 searching-files-by-DateModified-in-File-Explorer-in-Windows.md","23 Searching Files By DateModified In File Explorer In Windows",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":91},"minimark",[9,18,25,28,31,33,36,49,51,54,56,59,73,75,78,86,88],[10,11,13],"post-title",{":date":12},"date",[14,15,17],"h1",{"id":16},"searching-files-by-datemodified-in-file-explorer-in-windows","Searching Files by DateModified in File Explorer in Windows",[19,20,21],"notes",{},[22,23,24],"p",{},"This is a repost from my old blog. First posted in 9/15/2020.",[26,27],"br",{},[22,29,30],{},"I was in the middle of some project files restructuring and part of the process is making a back up of my files. When all is done, I went back to my back up folder to find files that I modified a day before.",[26,32],{},[22,34,35],{},"I know there has to be a way to do that, but it is not immediately obvious. But the following article was helpful to me.",[22,37,38],{},[39,40,43],"span",{"className":41},[42],"text-blue-600",[44,45,46],"a",{"href":46,"rel":47},"https://www.howtogeek.com/243511/how-to-search-for-files-from-a-certain-date-range-in-windows-8-and-10",[48],"nofollow",[26,50],{},[22,52,53],{},"I opted for the UI solution, that is to use the Search tab. However, I can't find the search tab in File explorer, so I decided to go the harder route, to type into the search box.",[26,55],{},[22,57,58],{},"I managed to file my files by typing the following in the search box:",[60,61,62],"code-block",{},[63,64,69],"pre",{"className":65,"code":67,"language":68},[66],"language-text","datemodified:\u003Cstart_date>..\u003Cend_date>\n","text",[70,71,67],"code",{"__ignoreMap":72},"",[26,74],{},[22,76,77],{},"For example:",[60,79,80],{},[63,81,84],{"className":82,"code":83,"language":68},[66],"datemodified:9/14/2020..9/15/2020\n",[70,85,83],{"__ignoreMap":72},[26,87],{},[22,89,90],{},"modified: instead of datemodified: works too. Also, the search tab finally shows after I got my search result.",{"title":72,"searchDepth":92,"depth":92,"links":93},2,[],"2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","md",{},true,"/2025/12/23-searching-files-by-datemodified-in-file-explorer-in-windows",null,{"title":5,"description":72},"2025/12/23 searching-files-by-DateModified-in-File-Explorer-in-Windows","MaXMjOZrJ5_3AXBjVAQ41JaLfGR39Jmq5q2bSCrE_jg",1785167452085]