# Search notes by Tag

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [20 October 2021 02:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114 "2021-10-20T02:24:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Edwardlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/edwardlin/32/2251_2.png) [@Edwardlin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Edwardlin)\
**Post date:** [20 October 2021 02:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/1 "2021-10-20T02:24:17Z")

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# Now

- when I use `SearchEverything` and put `#Tagname` inside to search notes
  - Instead of show notes that have that `tag`, it shows the tags.  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/f/f7192c95e7ae7d539e306df83ccf5afe2015ae7e.png)

# Expect

Show the notes that have that tag

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**Author:** ![NoSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/nosi/32/11015_2.png) [@NoSi](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/NoSi)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/2 "2021-10-21T11:35:42Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/4/407c7e8ef828ceeefbe4c9d199b844f200f391f5.png)  
lists all notes with tag `html`.

This preserves the option to search for `#html` _as text_.

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**Author:** ![Edwardlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/edwardlin/32/2251_2.png) [@Edwardlin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Edwardlin)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 14:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/3 "2021-10-21T14:59:44Z")

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In my usecase, I normally don't want use mouse to click the sidebar. And the sidebar always hidden (I only show the outline and the main content). Thus I want to use shortcuts to toggle the goto anything tool and to go the places that pump into my mind.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/8/8e494a73c464e57156abac0af534eb15029602a6.png)

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**Author:** ![NoSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/nosi/32/11015_2.png) [@NoSi](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/NoSi)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/4 "2021-10-21T15:41:01Z")

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Then you may try `Shift` `Ctrl` `P`. There you can use the markup for tag search:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/0/099b836cfa5b01a5a382c892b6e7b9f8f22d7f28.png)

( after deleting the default `:` )

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**Author:** ![Edwardlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/edwardlin/32/2251_2.png) [@Edwardlin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Edwardlin)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/5 "2021-10-21T15:46:52Z")

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Yeah, but I don't want the tool tell me there is this tag, but show me the notes that have this tag

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**Author:** ![NoSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/nosi/32/11015_2.png) [@NoSi](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/NoSi)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/6 "2021-10-21T16:04:03Z")

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Type tag, hit `Enter`.

Note list will hold all notes with this tag.

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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:** [21 October 2021 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/7 "2021-10-21T16:09:00Z")

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I'm not sure what you are asking is really possible with goto anything. When you select the tag it is the same as clicking the tag on the notebook sidebar so will show all notes with that tag. The notes sidebar search is really the one designed for the searching you describe.

One possibility (if toggling the sidebar with `F11` is not a workflow option for you) is that you could embed your tags within your documents. For example you could use [inline tags](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/plugin-inline-tags/14192) plugin to make life easier to add the tags to a footer segment or something then in goto anything you can type your tag name (although you need to put a space first or it will try to do a tag search.)  
e.g.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/b/b5363ad43ef23cecb1b0a824f6989c10793a7e08.png)

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**Author:** ![Edwardlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/edwardlin/32/2251_2.png) [@Edwardlin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Edwardlin)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2021 01:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/8 "2021-10-22T01:49:37Z")

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Thanks! That's a good workaround!

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**Author:** ![Edwardlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/edwardlin/32/2251_2.png) [@Edwardlin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Edwardlin)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2021 05:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/9 "2021-10-22T05:24:00Z")

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Hope it could be better to match only the notes that have the specific tag. too many interfering items right now.

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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:** [21 November 2021 05:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/search-notes-by-tag/21114/10 "2021-11-21T05:24:40Z")

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