# Quicker Global Search & File Search (Better Indexing) **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** ui-ux, search\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569 "2023-03-19T01:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonnyg23](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jonnyg23](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jonnyg23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/1 "2023-03-19T01:10:41Z")
### Use case or problem I have a vault which contains over 126k+ markdown files. When globally searching for any term there is some lag, but nothing near as much lag as there is when using CMD+O for searching for a particular file. ### Proposed solution This latter case could use some UX improvement by either showing a linear loading indicator that it is searching for the file or search efficiency could be improved for a snappier result for large Obsidian vaults. ### Other Oddity With such a large vault, I’ve also noticed that Obsidian reindexes all files each time I open the vault, despite me allowing the vault to complete the indexing the previous time I opened the vault. The same computer is used and no changes were made to the vault to cause this reindexing to occur. ### Info - macOS Ventura 13.2.1 - Obsidian 1.1.16 ---
**Author:** ![zanodor](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5e925/32.png) [@zanodor](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zanodor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/2 "2023-03-19T15:32:15Z")
> [@jonnyg23](#): > > ### Other Oddity > > With such a large vault, I’ve also noticed that Obsidian reindexes all files each time I open the vault, despite me allowing the vault to complete the indexing the previous time I opened the vault. The same computer is used and no changes were made to the vault to cause this reindexing to occur. Unfortunately, the same caching happens with the Obs. Omnisearch plugin (had to disable that, alas) and the ripgrep function of the Another Quick Switcher plugin (and outside Obsidian, text editors like Notepad++, Sublime Text, etc.) as well. ---
**Author:** ![jonnyg23](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jonnyg23](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jonnyg23)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/3 "2023-03-26T09:14:24Z")
Unsure I understand your proposed solution, but I still think a linear progress indicator would be a good addition to the CMD+O file search bar as there is no loading indication to the user that anything is happening with large vaults. ---
**Author:** ![zanodor](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5e925/32.png) [@zanodor](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zanodor)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/4 "2023-03-26T10:38:18Z")
I agree. I was not proposing anything. I only hinted at other search solutions others viewing the forum might want to have a look at. There is no progress bar with those, either. I have only 18000 files but still the going is slow. ---
**Author:** ![xRyul](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/dfb087/32.png) [@xRyul](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/xRyul)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/5 "2025-12-03T21:50:41Z")
Just wanted to add the same. Default Search is Slow, even graph view search is much faster. Simple Progress Bar would definitely help. ---
**Author:** ![Abisheik](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/abisheik/32/46914_2.png) [@Abisheik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Abisheik)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quicker-global-search-file-search-better-indexing/56569/6 "2026-11-04T17:25:34Z")
Is this even intended behavior, I wonder? Re-indexing the full text of files when making the first search after opening the app, but never actually saving the index anywhere so it has to re-index again the next time it’s opened? What’s worse is that, if Obsidian is in the background or you’re trying to multitask by writing in a note while the search runs, the results come in even slower. So the only real workarounds are to never close Obsidian and never turn off your computer if you want to search faster. Or pre-prepare search by opening Obsidian before you actually need it and let it sit while loading a search for a while.