# How to find an old thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 5, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031 "2016-05-05T22:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/1 "2016-05-05T22:59:09Z")
I have some printed pages from a 2003 thread. I’d like to see the whole thread again but when searching you can only go back ten years. Is there any way to root out a thread past ten years? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/2 "2016-05-05T23:02:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I have some printed pages from a 2003 thread. I’d like to see the whole thread again but when searching you can only go back ten years. Is there any way to root out a thread past ten years? I would google it – put a specific and unusual phrase from the thread in quotes and google will probably pull it up. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/3 "2016-05-05T23:21:35Z")
**iiandyiiii** , you are wonderful! I did as you suggested and found it quickly. In case anyone is interested, this is the link, it’s about holiday recipes. > **[Post Your Original (Or Favorite) Christmas Dessert Recipes Here, Please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=215182)** > > Links are welcome too. I like to make Holiday desserts for my coworkers who have to work the Christmas/New Year’s Holidays, so I’m always looking for something unusual. Since we have such an international “cast” here on SDMB, I thought I’d ask y’all... ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/4 "2016-05-05T23:32:16Z")
Glad to help! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/5 "2016-05-06T00:05:14Z")
Many of us find the Straight Dope search hopeless and instead always use a Google search: site:straightdope.com [search terms…] ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-old-thread/754031/6 "2016-05-08T02:26:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > … but when searching you can only go back ten years… This is not correct. You must have your search options set wrongly. On the advanced search page, there’s a section that says “ **Find posts from** ” You must have it set to “10 years ago and newer” you can set it to “any date”