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Use case or problem
When searching for a note’s filename, every note that embeds an image
stored under a path containing that filename appears in the results —
often with dozens of matched lines per note. This makes search results
extremely noisy and practically unusable for filename-based searches.
This is especially common when using Obsidian’s default attachment
folder setting that includes the note name in the path, or when
importing content via Web Clipper, where filenames are not user-controlled.
Proposed solution
Add a search operator such as -link: or -embed: to exclude lines
containing wikilink or embed syntax (![[…]] or [[…]]) from search
results. Alternatively, provide a toggle in the search panel to
exclude embedded/linked file reference lines from matches.
Current workaround (optional)
None. Regex-based approaches (e.g. negative lookahead to skip ![[…]]
lines) do not work reliably in Obsidian’s search engine. The only
partial mitigation is using the file: operator, which limits results
to filename matches only and does not search note content at all.