# Is there any way to search tags (beside the sidebar)?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [28 July 2022 11:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659 "2022-07-28T11:59:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![john2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@john2](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/john2)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2022 11:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659/1 "2022-07-28T11:59:08Z")

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I found this similar post from 2019

> [@How to search for tags?](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-search-for-tags/3943):
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> Hi, I m trying to figure out how to search for tags. I tried with “tag:my\_tag” and also “tags:my\_tag” in the search field, however no result on either version. Other search terms (like “title:”) work fine. However, everytime I try to add a tag to the search it comes up empty. Thank you in advance.

but, I think that the tag dialog(ctr+g), is just for putting more tags on the current page, and not about SEARCHING for tags.

Please, any help?

For ex.:  
In the sidebar (the column that has the notebooks and tags)

(I can just press a tag like "NCO-03-04 Git course" and all of the pages with that tag will be displayed)

**But** I want to search for a specific tag (like "NCO-03-04 Git course"), **without** having to find the tag in the Sidebars list

There must be a way to search for tags, otherwise, why would they even exist?  
But, I can't really find how.

Version: 2.8.8

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**Author:** ![Daeraxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/daeraxa/32/6172_2.png) [@Daeraxa](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Daeraxa)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2022 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659/2 "2022-07-28T13:21:28Z")

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The `tag:` filter.

[https://joplinapp.org/help/#search-filters](https://joplinapp.org/help/#search-filters)

Or goto anything:  
`#tagname`  
[https://joplinapp.org/help/#goto-anything](https://joplinapp.org/help/#goto-anything)

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**Author:** ![john2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@john2](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/john2)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2022 15:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659/3 "2022-07-28T15:15:57Z")

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thanks!  
I don't know, why it was so hard for me to find it

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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:** [27 August 2022 15:16 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-search-tags-beside-the-sidebar/26659/4 "2022-08-27T15:16:24Z")

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