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Search

Find files by name or by what's inside them, filtered by date and type.

Where it is

Ctrl+F · the search button, top left · Ctrl+Shift+F

What you can do

  • Ctrl+F searches the folder you're in and every folder inside it, by name. The results appear as you type.
  • Contents, or Ctrl+Shift+F, searches inside files instead. It uses the localsearch index and works in folders on this computer.
  • Filters narrows the results: When (today, the last week, the last year and more; by modified, created or last used) and What (folders, documents, pictures, music, videos, PDFs and more).
  • Press Down to move from the search box into the results. Esc closes the search.
  • Each tab keeps its own search. Preferences, Search in Subfolders, chooses where searches go into subfolders.

In this film

  1. Ctrl+F searches this folderAnd every folder inside it
  2. FiltersOnly some types, or only recent files
  3. Search inside filesContents, or Ctrl+Shift+F
  4. Esc closes the search