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Bitwarden indexes your vault using a full-text search{:target="_blank"} programming library called Lunr{:target="_blank"}. Lunr provides the ability to invoke high-performance search queries against your vault to quickly find what you need with great accuracy.

Applications that use full-text search

The following Bitwarden applications provide full-text searching capabilities and are applicable to the information this article:

• Web vault
• Desktop applications
• Browser extensions

This article does not apply to the following Bitwarden applications, which provide only basic search capabilities:

• CLI
• Mobile apps

Indexed Fields

The following fields from items in your vault are indexed and are searchable:

• shortid - First 8 characters of the item's id.
• name
• subtitle - Login username, card brand + last four, and identity name.
• notes
• fields - Name and value. Only "text" type field values are included.
• attachments - File name
• login.username
• login.uris - Only the URI's hostname{:target="_blank"} value.

Wildcard Searches

The asterisk character (*) provides the ability to perform wildcard searches in your vault. Examples:

• *bitwarden
• bitwarden*
• *bitwarden*
• *bit*war*den*

{% note %} The following fields automatically include leading and trailing wildcards while performing normal search queries:

• name
• subtitle
• login.uris

It is not necessary to provide wildcards if you are searching for information in these fields. {% endnote %}

Advanced Searches

Starting your search query with a greater than character (>) enables the full power of Lunr search queries{:target="_blank"}. Examples:

• >bitwarden*
• >notes:something
• >login.username:jsmith
• >+foo bar -baz

Learn more about writing advanced search queries using Lunr's searching guide{:target="_blank"}.