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Search and Jump To
Fuzzy search
Search in completed tasks
Search in comments
Search on specific lists

Search and Jump To

Use Nozbe’s built-in Search to find your tasks, projects, sections, tags, and space members.

You can find the Search button at the top of the left panel, next to the name of your space.

You can also trigger search with a keyboard shortcut: ⌘K on macOS/iOS or CTRL + K on Windows/Android

A window with the “Jump to” option appears. Here you can type your search query to jump to the searched item, for example a task, a project, a tag or any other task list in Nozbe. Once you start typing, you will see the list of results. Have you mistyped something? No problem - the mechanism will still find relevant results, even if the name is not spelled correctly.

To narrow the list, you can use one of the presets located below the search bar:

You can also enable these presets by typing in:

p: to search only for projects
t: for tasks
m: for space members
s: for section
tag: for tags

Fuzzy search

By default, the search mechanism in Nozbe is fuzzy. This means that apart from looking for the exact phrase you typed in, the search engine will also look for tasks and projects which name contains individual keywords from the searched phrase. If the list of results is short, the search engine will also take syllables and letters from the searched phrase into account.

You can disable fuzzy search by clicking the gear icon ⚙️ → Settings → Advanced → turn off the “Enable fuzzy search” option.

Search in completed tasks

If the task you are searching for is not on the list of results in the Jump To window, use the Search in completed tasks option. Type in the task’s name or a part of it, then hit “Search in completed tasks”.

At the top of search results you will see all active tasks that match the searched phrase, followed by matching completed tasks.

Search in comments

You can also search in comments. Just type in a keyword, then use the Search in comments option in the Jump To window.

Here you can hit the “…” icon next the the “Search” headline and choose the “Show all completed” option to find comments in completed tasks.

Search on specific lists

There are search options on additional lists within Nozbe that can help you find what you are looking for.

All projects view

To search for a project, you can hit the “All” button next to the “Followed projects” section in the left panel, then tap on the magnifying glass to open a search bar.

The list of projects will show all related results. Thanks to the icons next to the projects’ names, you will find favorite projects, followed projects, and other projects in your search results.

The project list will be limited to just those projects that contain the combination of letters you entered in the search bar. If you wish to return to the full list view then, delete the phrase or use the “x” button next to the search bar.

You can also tap the “…” icon next to the search bar and choose “Show ended” to display archived projects related to your search query.

Task lists

You can also use the filter option in any task list to search for tasks. Type in a task’s name (or its fragment) in the search bar to find related tasks.

Parameter Picker

You can also use the search option in the parameter picker. To do so, open a task, tap on a parameter, and then use the search option (the magnifying glass icon). It will help you find the specific project, tag, section, or person.