DuckDuckGo supports search syntax you can use to fine-tune your queries.

Search Operators

PDFs about cats. Supported file types: pdf, doc(x), xls(x), ppt(x), html

Use site: to limit your search results to pages from a specific website. For example, dogs site:example.com will return pages about dogs from the website example.com.

Use –site: to eliminate pages from a specific website from showing up in search results. For example, cats –site.example.com will remove any example.com pages from your list of search results about cats.

Search Directly on Other Sites

Use </code> to go to directly to the first search result. For example, futurama futurama.

Use ! to search other sites’ search engines directly. Remember,

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Instant Answers

Add news to your searches to generate Instant Answer news results. For example, LeBron James news

Add map to your search to generate Instant Answer map results. For example, Philadelphia map

Safe Search