Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges is a strong option, but it is not the right fit for everyone. Below are 10 alternatives compared on rating, install base, pricing and the use case each one actually wins on.
Google has a filter-by-date tool. It's buried under the Tools menu and stops at "past year." This puts it under the search box as a visible bar and adds the ranges it leaves out. Pick a range and the results reload filtered. For an exact window, it opens Google's own date-range picker rather than a custom one, so it's the calendar you already know. WHAT IT ADDS • Every range in one click: past hour, day, week, month, 3 months, 6 months, year, 3 years. The 3-month, 6-month and 3-year options aren't in Google's own menu. • Calendar presets: this week, this month, this quarter, this year. These snap to the calendar instead of counting back N days. • A custom range through Google's own date picker. • The bar also appears on Images, Videos and News. • An approximate result count at the end of the bar that changes as you tighten the range. • A Verbatim toggle for exact-word searches. • Follows Google's light and dark theme, and doesn't shift the page as it loads. • Localized in 10 languages.
| Extension | Rating | Users | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges (original) | 4.5 | 1K+ | Free | Filter Google search by date & time — on web, Images, Videos & News. 3/6 months, 3 years, this week/month/year, custom ranges. |
| Google Keep Chrome Extension | 4.0 | 6M+ | Free | Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things yo. |
| Picture-in-Picture Extension (by Google) | 3.9 | 4M+ | Free | Watch video using Picture-in-Picture |
| Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools | 4.4 | 311M+ | Freemium | Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools. |
| Adblock Plus - free ad blocker | 4.4 | 37M+ | Freemium | Users who want an easy-to-use ad blocker with optional acceptable ads support. |
| Chrome Remote Desktop | 3.1 | 37M+ | Free | Chrome Remote Desktop extension |
| VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection | — | — | Free | Connect to the fastest VPN out there — NordVPN. Hide your IP, block ads, and be safer online with our VPN proxy extension for Chrome |
| Free VPN for Chrome - VPN Proxy VeePN | 4.5 | 14M+ | Free | VeePN is a VPN extension that unblocks websites and secures your connection with encrypted tunneling and unlimited bandwidth. |
| Tampermonkey | 4.7 | 11M+ | Free | Power users who want to customize websites and automate tasks with userscripts. |
| Adblock for Youtube™ | 4.4 | 10M+ | Free | ✓ Permissions: like common ad-blocking extensions we do need default permissions on every website to remove ads or popups for exam. |
| Foxit PDF Creator | — | — | Free | To convert the web page to Foxit PDF |
Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things yo.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Covers similar ground in the Productivity category: Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things yo.
Watch video using Picture-in-Picture
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Covers similar ground in the Productivity category: Watch video using Picture-in-Picture
Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools.
Remove ads on YouTube and everywhere else you browse.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: Remove ads on YouTube and everywhere else you browse.
Chrome Remote Desktop extension
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: Chrome Remote Desktop extension
Connect to the fastest VPN out there — NordVPN. Hide your IP, block ads, and be safer online with our VPN proxy extension for Chrome
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: Connect to the fastest VPN out there — NordVPN. Hide your IP, block ads, and be safer online with our VPN proxy extension for Chrome
VeePN is a VPN extension that unblocks websites and secures your connection with encrypted tunneling and unlimited bandwidth.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: VeePN is a VPN extension that unblocks websites and secures your connection with encrypted tunneling and unlimited bandwidth.
Tampermonkey lets you install and run userscripts to customize websites, automate repetitive tasks and enhance functionality.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: Tampermonkey lets you install and run userscripts to customize websites, automate repetitive tasks and enhance functionality.
✓ Permissions: like common ad-blocking extensions we do need default permissions on every website to remove ads or popups for exam.
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: ✓ Permissions: like common ad-blocking extensions we do need default permissions on every website to remove ads or popups for exam.
To convert the web page to Foxit PDF
Why it replaces Google Search by Date – Date Filter Bar with Custom Ranges: Another popular Productivity extension: To convert the web page to Foxit PDF
Direct comparisons with the extensions people weigh against it.
Google Keep Chrome Extension is the closest match. Covers similar ground in the Productivity category: Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things yo.
Yes — Google Keep Chrome Extension, Picture-in-Picture Extension (by Google), Chrome Remote Desktop are free.
