DuckDuckGo supports search syntax you can use to fine-tune your queries.
| Example | Result |
|---|---|
| cats dogs | Results about cats and dogs |
| “cats and dogs” | Results for exact term “cats and dogs” |
| cats -dogs | Fewer dogs in results |
| cats +dogs | More dogs in results |
| cats filetype:pdf | PDFs about cats |
| dogs site:example.com | Pages about dogs from example.com |
| cats -site:example.com | Pages about cats excluding results from example.comintitle:dogs |
| inurl:cats | Page url includes the word “cats” |
\ to go directly to the first search result. For
example, \futurama! to search other sites’ search engines directly.
For example, !a blink182 searches
amazon.com for blink182. Check out all the
‘bangs’ availablenews to your searches to generate Instant
Answers news results. For example ,
LeBron James newsmap to your search to generate Instant
Answer map results. For example,
Philiadelphia map!safeon or !safeoff to the end of your
search to turn on and off safe search for that particular
query