Advanced search options
Find what you're looking for in less time. Use the following symbols to quickly modify your search term or search function:
| Symbol | Function |
|---|---|
| + | Finds webpages that contain all the terms that are preceded by the + symbol. Also allows you to include terms that are usually ignored. |
| " " | Finds the exact words in a phrase. |
| () | Finds or excludes webpages that contain a group of words. |
| AND or & | Finds webpages that contain all the terms or phrases. |
| NOT or – | Excludes webpages that contain a term or phrase. |
| OR or | | Finds webpages that contain either of the terms or phrases. |
Note
- By default, all searches are AND searches.
- You must capitalize the NOT and OR operators. Otherwise, Bing will ignore them as stop words, which are commonly occurring words and numbers that are omitted to speed a full-text search.
- Stop words and all punctuation marks, except for the symbols noted in this topic, are ignored unless they are surrounded by quotation marks or preceded by the + symbol.
- Only the first 10 terms are used to get search results.
- Term grouping and Boolean operators are supported in the following preferred order:
- ()
- ""
- NOT – +
- AND &
- OR |
- Because OR is the operator with lowest precedence, enclose OR terms in parentheses when combined with other operators in a search.
- Some features and functionality described here may not be available in your country or region.