Ways to find all video files on Windows

Recorded and saved videos cannot be found on PC . Below are ways to help you find all clips on Windows .

Summary of ways to find videos on your computer

• Use File Explorer's search bar to find the entire video
• Find videos by specific file name
• Search by specific video file format
• Find videos using filters
• View hidden files

Use File Explorer's search bar to find the entire video

File Explorer's search bar makes finding files and folders easy on your device. Now you can use this tool to filter the results and find only videos like this:

1. Open File Explorer by clicking on the taskbar icon. Alternatively, press Win + E .
2. Click This PC on the left-hand panel or open the video folder. In this case, we will explore how to find videos in the Downloads folder .
3. After selecting a folder, type kind:video in the File Explorer search bar and press Enter . This action will display the entire video.

Find videos by specific file name

Finding lost or forgotten files on your device is not too difficult. However, scrolling down on the search list and locating the video can be tedious.

So how to find all video files and quickly locate them? Pretty easy, as long as you know the file name. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Open File Explorer by clicking on the taskbar icon or pressing Win + E .
2. Click This PC in the left-hand panel or just open the folder containing the video.
3. Type filename kind:video in the File Explorer search bar, but replace filename with the exact name of the file you're looking for. For example, if you are looking for a file named “Paragliding,” type Paragliding kind:video into the File Explorer search bar and press Enter .

The best part here is that even if you have other file formats with the same Paragliding name, the search query will only show video results. Therefore, this method can be useful if you have many files with the same name.

Search by specific video file format

File Explorer's search bar can also help you in this case. For example, you can search by video format like MOV, MP4, WMV... Here are the steps to follow:

1. Press Win + E to open File Explorer .
2. Click This PC on the left or navigate to another related folder.
3. Type ext:.fileformat in the File Explorer search bar and replace the fileformat part with the video format you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for an mp4 file, type ext:.MP4 and press Enter .

If you know the name of the video you're looking for, you can take it one step further. You can search videos by name and file format. Here are the steps you need to follow:

1. Open File Explorer as in the previous steps.
2. Type filename ext:.fileformat and replace filename with the name of the file and fileformat with the format you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for an mp4 file named Paragliding . The search keyword will be Paragliding ext:.MP4 .

Find videos using filters

File Explorer gives you many other options for filtering videos. To get them, you must click the Search tab in the top left corner of File Explorer. However, the Search tab will only appear when you complete the query.

To get started, find your entire video using File Explorer's search bar. Here, we will try the options displayed on the Search tab.

1. Press Win + E to open File Explorer.
2. Type kind:video in File Explorer 's search bar and press Enter . This action will show your entire video. It will also show the Search tab in the top left corner.

Now let's explore the options on the Search tab.

• All subfolders: Clicking this option helps you find all videos in the current folder and subfolders.
• Current folder : Option allows you to only search for videos in the current folder, excluding subfolders.
• Search again in : If you can't find the video in the current folder, this option allows you to find it again but in another folder.
• Date modified: Option allows you to find videos saved or edited on a specific date.
• Kind : It allows you to choose the type of file you want to search. Here is the video but you can also change it to Movie or Recorded TV to find other videos.
• Size : This option allows you to filter video results by file size. You can choose a range from Empty (0KB) to Gigantic (>4GB).
• Recent searches : It allows you to view previous searches or clear search history on File Explorer.
• Advanced options : It allows you to include or exclude File content, system files, and compressed folders in search results.
• Other properties : This option allows you to filter results based on folder path, tags, title and more.

View hidden files

Have you tried many methods but still can't locate the video? Maybe they are hidden. To find hidden videos on PC, follow these steps:

1. Type Win + E to open File Explorer .
2. Click the View tab in the top left corner.
3. Check the Hidden items box to show all hidden files and folders.

Now you can freely find videos on Windows using one of the methods mentioned above.

Above are ways to find video files on Windows . Hope the article is useful to you.