---
title: "Nice Google Desktop Trick"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/3/16/nice-google-desktop-trick.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/3/16/nice-google-desktop-trick.html"
published: "2006-03-16T11:47:00"
updated: "2006-03-16T11:47:00"
tags: ["Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Here's something I just discovered. If you installed *the latest version* of the Google Desktop Search, Hit \"Ctrl\" twice now. Update : Apparently this does not come in all versions of the Google desktop. So here's what…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Nice Google Desktop Trick

By Roy Osherove March 16, 2006 In [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 16, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

Here's something I just discovered. If you installed [\*the latest version\*](http://desktop.google.com/) of the Google Desktop Search, Hit "Ctrl" twice now.

**Update**:

Apparently this does not come in all versions of the Google desktop. So here's what you get if you ht Ctrl Twice:

![Quick Search Box](https://osherove.com/img/wb/e992d4cb_desktop.google.com_images_quicksearch.gif)

Check out the [Quick Search Box](http://desktop.google.com/features.html#lock)

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