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# Searching for messages
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Zulip has a powerful search engine under its hood. Search for messages using
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the search bar at the top of the app.
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## Example
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* `stream:design has:link -is:starred new logo`
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Searches for messages in `#design` that have a link, that you haven't
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starred, and that contain the words `new` and `logo`.
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The permalink for that search (web only) will look something like
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this:
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`https://your-zulip-url/#narrow/stream/123-design/has/link/-is/starred/search/new.20logo`.
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## List of operators
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As you start typing, Zulip will suggest possible operator completions.
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Operators can be used with keywords, or on their own. For example,
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* `stream:design logo` will search for the word `logo` within `#design`
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* `stream:design` will navigate to `#design`
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Here is the **full list of search operators**.
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* `stream:design`: Search within the stream `#design`.
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* `stream:design topic:emoji+picker`: Search within the topic `emoji picker`.
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* `is:private`: Search all your private messages.
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* `pm-with:ada@zulip.com`: Search 1-on-1 private messages between you and Ada.
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* `sender:ada@zulip.com`: Search messages sent by Ada.
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* `sender:me`: [Search messages you've sent](/help/view-messages-sent-by-a-user#view-messages-youve-sent).
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* `near:12345`: Show messages around the message with ID `12345`.
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* `id:12345`: Show only message `12345`.
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* `streams:public`: Search the history of all [public
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streams](/help/change-the-privacy-of-a-stream) in the organization.
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* `is:alerted`: See [alert words](/help/pm-mention-alert-notifications#alert-words).
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* `is:mentioned`: See [mentions](/help/mention-a-user-or-group).
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* `is:starred`: See [starred messages](/help/star-a-message).
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* `is:resolved`: Search messages in [resolved topics](/help/resolve-a-topic).
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* `-is:resolved`: Search messages in [unresolved topics](/help/resolve-a-topic).
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* `is:unread`
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* `has:link`
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* `has:image`
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* `has:attachment`
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* `pm-with:ada@zulip.com,bob@zulip.com`: Search private message conversation
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between you, Bob, and Ada.
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* `group-pm-with:ada@zulip.com,bob@zulip.com`: Search all group
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private messages that include Ada and Bob.
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### Excluding messages
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Zulip's search operators can be negated, to exclude messages matching
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the rule. For example, `stream:design -is:resolved -has:image` will
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match all messages that don't contain an image and were sent to
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unresolved topics in the `#design` stream.
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## Searching shared history
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Zulip's [stream permissions](/help/stream-permissions) model allows
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access to the full history of public streams and [private streams with
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shared history](/help/stream-permissions), including messages sent
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before you joined the stream (or organization) or those sent to public
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streams you are not subscribed to.
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By default, Zulip searches messages in your history, i.e. the
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messages you actually received. This avoids cluttering search results
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with irrelevant messages from public streams you're not interested in.
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If you'd like to instead search the organization's shared history, any
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query using the `stream:` or `streams:` operators will search all
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messages that you have access to in the selected stream(s). For
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example:
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* `streams:public keyword` searches for `keyword` in all public
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streams in the organization.
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* `streams:public sender:user@example.com` searches for all messages
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sent by the user to any public stream.
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## Words and phrases
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Most searches consist of a list of operators followed by a list of keywords.
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* `new logo`: Search for messages with both `new` and `logo`.
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* `"new logo"`: Search for messages with the phrase `"new logo"`.
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Zulip does some basic stemming, so `wave` will match `waves` and
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`waving`. Keywords are case-insensitive, so `wave` will also match `Wave`.
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Emoji are included in searches, so if you search for `octopus` it will
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include messages with
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<img src="/static/generated/emoji/images-google-64/1f419.png" alt="octopus"
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class="emoji-small"/>.
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Note that Zulip ignores common words like `a`, `the`, and about 100
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others. A quirk in Zulip's current implementation means that if all of your
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keywords are ignored, we'll return 0 search results.
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## Related articles
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* [Configure multi-language search](/help/configure-multi-language-search)
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