Filter Scraped Images by File Type, Text, and Domain

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Filtering by what an image is, not just how big it is

Size filters handle a lot, but sometimes you need to filter by format, by keyword, or by where an image came from. The Filters tab in Bulk Image Downloader From URL List covers all three with file-type checkboxes, a text search, and source-domain rules. Like the rest of the filters, these run on your current collection — no re-scrape — so you can stack them and adjust until the grid holds exactly what you want.

File type checkboxes

The file-type filter lets you keep only the formats you actually need. Each format has its own checkbox:

  • JPG
  • PNG
  • GIF
  • SVG
  • WebP
  • BMP

Toggle the ones you want on. If a site is full of SVG icons and you only care about photos, turn SVG off and keep JPG and PNG. To move quickly, use All or None to flip every checkbox at once, then fine-tune from there.

Text search across URL, alt, and title

The text search filters by keyword, matching against the metadata attached to each image. You can target three scopes, and each one is a toggle you turn on or off:

  • URL — match text in the image address, useful when files follow a naming pattern or live in a particular path.
  • Alt text — match the descriptive alt attribute, which often describes what the image actually shows.
  • Title — match the image’s title attribute.

Because you control which scopes are active, you can be precise. Search a product code in the URL only, or a subject word across alt and title. This is the filter to reach for when the images you want share a word but not a size or format.

Source domain include and exclude

Scraped results frequently mix images from several domains — the site’s own content alongside third-party assets. The source domain filter lets you draw that line:

  • Include — keep only images from the domains you specify.
  • Exclude — drop images from domains you do not want.

Wildcards are supported, so you can match patterns rather than typing every exact host. A pattern like images.* catches a family of related domains in one rule. Include is the precise approach when you know exactly which source you want; exclude is the cleanup approach when you know which sources to banish.

Applying and reading the result

  • Open the Filters tab and set your file types, search terms, and domain rules.
  • Hit Apply Filters — the grid narrows to matches.
  • Check the summary strip above the results to confirm what is active, and the Filters tab badge for the count.
  • Need to start over? Clear All resets everything so you can refine and apply again.

Combining filters for a clean batch

These three pair naturally with the dimension and aspect-ratio filters. A typical pass: keep JPG and PNG, exclude the ad and CDN domains with a wildcard, add a keyword search if the images share a name, and apply. Because filters operate on your existing collection, you can layer them freely and watch the count drop until only the right images remain. Get the list clean here, run deduplication, and then send a tidy batch to your download task.