UpNote User Guide
  • New to UpNote
    • UpNote user guide
    • Installation
    • Create a new note
    • Sync notes across devices
    • Search for notes
    • Keep window on top
    • Select multiple notes
    • Open note in a new window
    • Sort notes
    • Info Panel
  • Write & Edit
    • Format your text
    • Write with Markdown
    • Images
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    • Date and Time
    • Tables
    • Collapsible section
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    • Code blocks
    • Scan documents
    • Drawing & handwriting
    • Editor typography
    • Line length
    • Bi-directional links
    • Search in a note
    • Typewriter mode
    • Focus mode
    • Table of contents
    • Word count
    • Duplicate a note
    • Merge notes
    • Protect notes from unwanted edits
    • Link to internal files and folders
    • Insert LaTeX formulas
    • Embed videos
    • Preview PDF files
    • Templates
    • Slash menu
    • Text direction
  • Get Organized
    • Pin a note to the top
    • Add a note to Quick Access
    • Organize with notebooks
      • Create a notebook
      • Edit a notebook
      • Create nested notebooks
      • Move notes across notebooks
      • Hide and show a notebook
      • Sort notebooks in the sidebar
    • Organize with tags
      • Create a hashtag
      • Rename and Delete Tags
      • Add or remove tags from multiple notes
      • Hide and show tags in the sidebar
      • Sort tags in the sidebar
    • Organize with spaces
      • Create a space
      • Switch between spaces
      • Edit a space
      • Move to other space
      • Import notes to spaces
    • Filter your notes
  • Import, Export, Share & Print
    • Import content to UpNote
      • Import from Evernote
      • Import from Apple Notes
      • Import from Bear
      • Import from Simplenote
      • Import from Markdown
      • Import from Google Keep
      • Import from HTML
    • Share notes via web link
    • Share extension on iOS
    • Share extension on Android
    • Web clipping extension
    • Export your notes
    • Print your notes
  • Lock
    • Lock a notebook
    • Lock the whole app
    • Forget lock password
  • Account and Password
    • Create UpNote account
    • Reset password
    • Change email and password
    • Manage sign-in methods
    • Delete account
  • MORE
    • Widgets for mobile apps
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Automatic notes backup
    • Restore a note version
    • x-callback-url endpoints
    • Release notes
      • Mac, Windows and Linux apps
      • iOS app
      • Android app
    • Questions about Premium
    • Support
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Search for notes

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Last updated 1 year ago

Follow the steps below to perform note or notebook searching in UpNote:

On desktop

  • Enter the phrase you want to search in the search box located in the top bar of UpNote window or use the shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + G to open the search box.

  • You will see the matched results in the notes list below.

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

  • If you are using another app, you can use the global shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + Option + G from anywhere to quickly open UpNote search.

Saved Search

  • Your saved search will appear under All Notes section.

On mobile

  • Enter the phrases you want to search

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

Search for the exact phrase

  • To search for exact phrases, wrap your searched phrase in double quotation marks, for example "UpNote features"

Search for tags

  • You may search for tags by inserting the # key in front of the phrase

Search for notes in locked notebooks

By default, UpNote search doesn't show the results from locked notebook to protect your privacy.

If you want to include the results from locked notebooks, you can do so from the Search options.

On desktop, click the Search icon in the search bar and select Search in locked notes. You will be asked to enter the lock password to enable this option.

On mobile, click the Settings icon in the right side of the search box and select Search in locked notes. You will be asked to enter the passcode to unlock the locked notebooks.

On desktop apps, you may save your search so you can find it quickly from the sidebar. Click the save button in the search box.

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

If you want to search for notes containing multiple tags, type multiple tags in the search box. You may also use to stick this search in the sidebar.

Saved Search