search for all files Modified in a date range on windows 11

Hi Lyn,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I'm Hahn and I'm here to help you with your concern.

To search for all files modified within a specific date range on Windows 11, you can use the following search query in the File Explorer search box:

datemodified:>=2024-01-09 <=2024-04-03

This will show you all files that were modified between January 9th, 2024 and April 3rd, 2024. Make sure to include the greater than or equal to (>=) and less than or equal to (<=) symbols to ensure that the search results include files modified on the start and end dates.

I hope this helps. If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Your Sincerely

Hahn - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

thanks for the reply but this is still only selection those files that were created in that date range. I copied your search parameters so it includes all the symbols

Any other ideas please let me know

Does anyone else find it frustrating Microsoft is trying to remove the GUI assist and we have to remember all these search terms that we used to be able to cllick a box for?

I definitely find frustrating that i have to type instead of picking calendar items.
In general, upgrading to windows 11 from windows 10 has been more of a setback than an improvement

Microsoft arrogance on display again. some highly paid ms staff member said "hey, let's take away a feature that people use every day! We can make them have to search for the command! Then got a raise.

please tell me why microsoft removed this from search bar. why. why.

I forgot, "Hey let's have the search string use a confusing date format as well, year/date/month , not the format 95% of people use, month/date/year!" God.

In order for a computer to search and sort by date, the hierarchy is year, month, day. The Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) is generalized to look and work the same world-wide (i.e. Month/Day/Year is US centric). In an ideal world, it would be localized, but then, in an ideal world, you wouldn't have to use AQS to find a file within a date range (i.e. Explorer should provide a point and click advanced filter/search feature like many third-party file managers do).