# Ability to search Notebooks

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [16 May 2024 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141 "2024-05-16T20:52:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ultimatecoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@ultimatecoder](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ultimatecoder)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2024 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141/1 "2024-05-16T20:52:19Z")

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Currently there is no way to search for a particular notebook. Searching only by notes brings confusion since you can have different notes with similar names and content in different notebooks.

The search box can be above **All Notes** on the notebooks sidebar:

 ![Joplin Notebook](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/8/9/89d455af962409c161ee672d4b8688c44f869518.png)

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**Author:** ![graphit0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/graphit0/32/3435_2.png) [@graphit0](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/graphit0)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2024 21:26 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141/2 "2024-05-16T21:26:17Z")

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Hi, might gotoanything help you with your use case?

Try the key combination  
Ctrl+P "@notebook-name"

notebook name should be without quotes 😉

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**Author:** ![Wimvan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/wimvan/32/12536_2.png) [@Wimvan](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Wimvan)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2024 04:29 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141/3 "2024-05-17T04:29:08Z")

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not sure if it can be a help, but there are lots of ways to filter a search: [Searching | Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/search/)  
just in case, you did not stumble upon that info yet 😉

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**Author:** ![ultimatecoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@ultimatecoder](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ultimatecoder)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2024 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141/4 "2024-05-17T14:24:14Z")

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Just what I wanted thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 May 2025 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ability-to-search-notebooks/38141/5 "2025-05-12T14:24:27Z")

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