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layout: article
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title: Searching the vault
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categories: [features]
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featured: false
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popular: false
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tags: [search, lunr]
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---
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Bitwarden indexes your vault using a [full-text search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-text_search){:target="_blank"} programming library called [Lunr](https://lunrjs.com/){:target="_blank"}. Lunr provides the ability to invoke high-performance search queries against your vault to quickly find what you need with great accuracy.
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## Applications that use full-text search
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The following Bitwarden applications provide full-text searching capabilities and are applicable to the information this article:
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- Web vault
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- Desktop applications
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- Browser extensions
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This article **does not** apply to the following Bitwarden applications, which provide only basic search capabilities:
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- CLI
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- Mobile apps
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## Indexed Fields
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The following fields from items in your vault are indexed and are searchable:
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- `shortid` - First 8 characters of the item's id.
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- `organizationid` - Id of the item's organization (if it belongs to one).
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- `name`
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- `subtitle` - Login username, card brand + last four, and identity name.
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- `notes`
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- `fields` - Name and value. Only "text" type field values are included.
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- `attachments` - File name
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- `login.username`
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- `login.uris` - Only the URI's [hostname](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils/hostname){:target="_blank"} value.
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## Wildcard Searches
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The asterisk character (`*`) provides the ability to perform wildcard searches in your vault. Examples:
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- `*bitwarden`
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- `bitwarden*`
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- `*bitwarden*`
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- `*bit*war*den*`
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{% note %}
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The following fields automatically include leading and trailing wildcards while performing normal search queries:
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- `name`
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- `subtitle`
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- `login.uris`
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It is not necessary to provide wildcards if you are searching for information in these fields.
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{% endnote %}
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## Advanced Searches
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Starting your search query with a greater than character (`>`) enables the full power of [Lunr search queries](https://lunrjs.com/guides/searching.html){:target="_blank"}.
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### Advanced Search Examples
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- `>bitwarden*` - Search all fields for a term that starts with "bitwarden".
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- `>notes:something` - Search the notes field for the term "something".
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- `>login.username:jsmith` - Search the username field on items of type login for the term "jsmith".
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- `>+organizationid:*` - Search for all items that belong to an organization.
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- `>-organizationid:*` - Search for all items that *do not* belong to an organization (items that you own).
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- `>+foo bar -baz` - Search for items that must contain "foo", might contain "bar" and must not contain "baz".
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Learn more about writing advanced search queries using [Lunr's searching guide](https://lunrjs.com/guides/searching.html){:target="_blank"}.
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