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How do I use the advanced search?
Advanced search operators are query words or symbols that perform special actions in the tasks search. These operators allow you to find what you're looking for quickly and accurately. They can also be used to set up Smart Lists so you can organize your tasks automatically. Some of the most useful operators are listed below.
To use advanced operators, you can either type your query directly into the search box, or click on Show search options within the search box.
| list | |
| list: |
Tasks in Work list. |
| list: |
Tasks in Bob's Homework list. |
| listContains | |
| listContains: |
Tasks in lists that have "Project" in their name, i.e., finds "Project A" and "Project B". |
| priority | |
| priority: |
Tasks with priority 1. |
| priority: |
Tasks with no priority. |
| status | |
| status: |
Tasks that have been completed. |
| status: |
Tasks that are incomplete. |
| tag | |
| tag: |
Tasks tagged with bananas. |
| tagContains | |
| tagContains: |
Tasks where the tag contains project. |
| isTagged | |
| isTagged: |
Tasks that have been tagged. |
| location | |
| location: |
Tasks located at work. |
| locationContains | |
| locationContains: |
Tasks in lists that have "Office" in their name, i.e., finds "San Francisco Office" and "New York Office". |
| locatedWithin | |
| locatedWithin: locatedWithin: locatedWithin: |
Tasks located within specified distance. |
| isLocated | |
| isLocated: |
Tasks that have locations. |
| isRepeating | |
| isRepeating: |
Tasks that repeat. |
| name | |
| name: |
Task names containing phone. |
| noteContains | |
| noteContains: |
Tasks with notes containing monkey. |
| hasNotes | |
| hasNotes: |
Tasks that have notes. |
| due | |
| due: |
Tasks due tomorrow. |
| due: |
Tasks due yesterday. |
| due: |
Tasks with no due date. |
| dueBefore | |
| dueBefore: |
Tasks due before today (i.e. overdue). |
| dueBefore: |
Tasks due before the current time (i.e. overdue including tasks from earlier today). |
| dueAfter | |
| dueAfter: |
Tasks due after Sunday. |
| dueWithin | |
| dueWithin: |
Tasks due within one week. |
| start | |
| start: |
Tasks that start today. |
| start: |
Tasks that start yesterday. |
| start: |
Tasks without start dates. |
| startBefore | |
| startBefore: |
Tasks that start before today. |
| startBefore: |
Tasks that start before the current time. |
| startAfter | |
| startAfter: |
Tasks that start after Sunday. |
| startWithin | |
| startWithin: |
Tasks that start within one week of today. |
| timeEstimate | |
| timeEstimate: timeEstimate: timeEstimate: |
Tasks with a time estimate: equal to, greater than, and less than 1 hour. |
| hasTimeEstimate | |
| hasTimeEstimate: |
Tasks that have time estimates. |
| hasURL | |
| hasURL: |
Tasks that have URLs set. |
| hasSubtasks | |
| hasSubtasks: |
Tasks that have subtasks. |
| isSubtask | |
| isSubtask: |
Tasks that are subtasks. |
| completed | |
| completed: |
Tasks completed today. |
| completedBefore | |
| completedBefore: |
Tasks completed before 2024. |
| completedAfter | |
| completedAfter: |
Tasks completed from the start of 2024. |
| completedWithin | |
| completedWithin: |
Tasks completed in the past week. |
| added | |
| added: |
Tasks added today. |
| addedBefore | |
| addedBefore: |
Tasks added before 2024. |
| addedAfter | |
| addedAfter: |
Tasks added from the start of 2024. |
| addedWithin | |
| addedWithin: |
Tasks added in the past 3 months. |
| updated | |
| updated: |
Tasks that were last updated today. |
| updated: |
Tasks that were last updated yesterday. |
| updatedBefore | |
| updatedBefore: |
Tasks that were last updated before 1/1/2024. |
| updatedAfter | |
| updatedAfter: |
Tasks that were last updated after 31/12/2024. |
| updatedWithin | |
| updatedWithin: |
Tasks that were last updated in the past week. |
| postponed | |
| postponed: postponed: postponed: |
Tasks that have been postponed: exactly, more than, and less than 3 times. |
| isShared | |
| isShared: |
Tasks that are shared with someone. |
| sharedWith | |
| sharedWith: |
Tasks that are shared with bob@example.com. |
| givenTo | |
| givenTo: |
Tasks that have been given to me. |
| givenTo: |
Tasks that have been given to bob@example.com. |
| givenBy | |
| givenBy: |
Tasks that were given by me. |
| givenBy: |
Tasks that were given by bob@example.com. |
| isGiven | |
| isGiven: |
Tasks that have been given to someone. |
| source | |
| source: |
Tasks that were added via the web app. (You can also search for android, api, email, evernote, gmail, ipad, iphone, milksync-outlook, siri, and twitter.) |
| includeArchived | |
| includeArchived: |
Tasks in archived lists are included. This operator is not supported in the mobile apps. |
| AND | |
| priority:1 AND tag:bananas | Tasks matching term A and term B. Tasks with priority 1 and tagged with bananas. |
| OR | |
| priority:1 OR priority:2 | Tasks matching term A or term B. Tasks with priority 1 or with priority 2. |
| NOT | |
| tag:bananas NOT tag:apples | Exclude tasks from your search. Tasks tagged with bananas but not with apples. |
| " " (quotes) | |
| name: |
Tasks containing the exact phrase TPS report. |
| ( ) | |
| priority:1 AND (tag:bananas OR tag:apples) | Group search terms. Tasks with priority 1 and tagged with either bananas or apples. |
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