Block level backlinks

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Hey everyone,

Quick question about block-level backlinks in Obsidian :eyes:

I’ve been using tools like Logseq, where each block has its own backlink view, so you can see exactly which other blocks are referencing it. Super useful for working at a more granular level.

In Obsidian, I know we can link to blocks using ^block-id, but it seems like the backlinks panel is still mostly page-level.

So I’m curious:

  • Is there any way to see backlinks for a specific block?

  • Does Obsidian support this natively, or is there a plugin that does it?

  • Also, is there any way to see the number of backlinks (count) for each block, not just the references themselves?

  • Or any good workarounds people are using?

Would love to hear how others are handling this. Thanks!

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From my experience, most things in Obsidian are at the note level feature wise. I use ^CIT and ^BIB for all my source notes. That way I can type [[SourceName#^CIT]] and it will get the citation when working in other notes. This means name of the ^block-id can be repeated in notes, which can make it trickier if you are trying to track unique blocks in search.
I think these would be great features to have. Sorry I don’t have a better answer for you.

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Their exists a typed-links plugin on GitHub by the user “Querulantenkind”, maybe you can use this as a starting point :slight_smile:

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Workaround: Bases

  1. Create note Note
  2. Create new base e.g. BacklinksBlock (shortcut Ctrl+p and search for command “Bases: Create new base”)
  3. Add formulas (Properties - Add formula)
  4. Insert Base into note
    write inside note ![[BacklinksBlock.base]]
  5. Optionally add filter

Formulas code

  • Count all backlinks
file.links.filter(value==this).length
  • Show all backlinks
file.links.filter(value.asFile()==this.file)
  • Show all backlinks and render properly link to block in current note
file.links.filter(value.asFile()==this.file).map(if(value.toString().startsWith("[[#^"),link("[["+(this+"").replace(".md", "")+value.slice(0)+"]]"),value))

Result

obraz
obraz661×287 10.5 KB

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You meay want to try what I used for a workaround. I cannot post links but you can copy the URL of the post from over at Share & showcase .
https://forum.obsidian.md/t/block-collections-plugin-block-level-linking-using-collections/113124

Cheers