Google fills up the pages, often with advertisements in the first section, with rows and rows of photos, then traces directly to their main website. Most of us will easily locate a photo of what we’re looking for by doing a simple Google search by image. So here, we have learned how to restore each piece of the disappeared functionality – and also about additional rather “hidden” filters.Google Image search is a simple process. Localize to country: &cr=countryNZ (a two-letter country abbreviation goes at the end).X-Ray: &as_sitesearch= (will insert a string site: into search).Search for filetypes: &as_filetype=png (will get you a new filetype menu as when searching by the operator).

Show image sizes in search results: &tbs=imgo:1.

Image type Line drawing: &tbs=itp:lineart.

Images that are red: &tbs=ic:specific,isc:red (orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, pink, white, gray, black, brown).

Images in black and white: &tbs=ic:gray.

Let’s memorize what those URL parameters spell out like for image types, sizes, and colors, and keep these strings, in case Google takes more options away from us in the menu. Interestingly, after you have used the filetype: operator, you will get an extra menu for filetypes:Īll three lost features can also be accessed by altering the search URL. (Note that when you press “Enter”, the operator will disappear, but the search will be filtered).īy the way, there is another Google Image Search operator with similar behavior (disappearing after “Enter” is pressed) – and that is filetype:, followed by one of the Image filetypes – JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, SVG, WEBP, ICO, or RAW. You will get searching by an exact size back by using the search operator imagesize: (did you know about it?) You will get both “Face” and “Photos” filter back by using Google Advanced Image Search URL.

Here is how to compensate for the losses. … and here is what we see now (with no ability to enter an exact image size either):

This Image search looks for “Faces”, size 200×200 – with the idea to find profile pictures on LinkedIn: Here is an example of what it used to look like until just a few days ago.

An ability to enter an exact image size.

Quite unfortunately, Google has just removed three useful options in its Image Search:

Google advanced image search