# Boolean operators for Search

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Tags:** search\
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134 "2021-02-16T22:45:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![trydalch](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@trydalch](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/trydalch)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134/1 "2021-02-16T22:45:48Z")

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### Use case or problem

As I’m improving my note taking, I’ve noticed I sometimes add new tags to my process that should be on all notes of a given type. I’d like be able to find notes that are of a given type but are missing that tag.

### Proposed solution

Support syntax like `!tag:<tag>` for all search operators. This might not be as valuable for other operators like `section:<text>`.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134/2 "2021-02-16T23:02:41Z")

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there is already. read the docs!

[https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Search](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Search)

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**Author:** ![trydalch](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@trydalch](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/trydalch)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134/3 "2021-02-16T23:11:08Z")

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My fault. I had searched but must have glossed over that section. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/boolean-operators-for-search/13134/4 "2022-10-13T14:32:46Z")

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Archived on October 13, 2022, 2:32pm UTC