Search for notes

On desktop

• Type the phrase you want to find into the search box at the top of the UpNote window.

• Alternatively, you can press Cmd+G (Mac) or Ctrl+G (Windows) to quickly open the search box.

• You can toggle between searching in All Notes or only in the current notebook.

• If you are using another app, press Cmd+Option+G (Mac) / Ctrl+Alt+G (Windows) to open UpNote’s search from anywhere.

On mobile

• Tap the search icon in the upper right corner of your notes list screen.

• Type the phrase you want to search in the search box

• You can select if you want to search in the current notebook/folder/tag or in All Notes

Save a search (Desktop)

• After performing a search, click the save button in the search results.

• The saved search will appear in the sidebar under the “All Notes” section for quick access later.

Search for the exact phrase

• To find notes containing an exact phrase, wrap the phrase in double quotation marks.

• Example: "UpNote features" will return only notes containing that exact phrase.

Search for tags

• Type # followed by the tag name to search notes with that tag.

• Search multiple tags: Type multiple #tags in the search box; UpNote will show notes containing all specified tags. You can also save this search to stick it in the sidebar for quick access later.

Search in title only

• By default, UpNote searches through both note titles and content.

• To limit results to titles only:

  1. Open the Search options/settings in the search bar.

  2. Select “Search in title only.”

Search for notes in locked notebooks

• By default, UpNote does not include notes from locked notebooks in search results to protect your privacy.

• To include them:

  1. Click the Search option/settings in the search bar.

  2. Select “Search in locked notes.”

  3. Enter your lock password/passcode when prompted to enable the option.

     

Match Word

• By default, UpNote search will return results containing partial matches of your keyword.

• If you want to find results that match the whole word exactly, enable the “Match word” option in the Search settings.

• Example: searching for note with Match word on will return only “note,” not “notebook.”