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Search

Find anything across your workspace with full-text search, filters, and sorting

Search lets you find anything across your entire workspace — note names, content, or both.

Tap Search in the bottom navigation bar. If you moved it during navigation customization, open it from More instead. The page begins with a search field and your recent activity.

Searching

Start typing to search across all notes in the workspace. Results update in real time as you type, showing matched notes with highlighted excerpts.

Filters

Tap the slider icon in the search field to open the Search options sheet. A small dot on the icon indicates that at least one non-default filter is active.

FilterWhat it does
Match caseMatches exact letter casing (e.g., "API" won't match "api")
Whole wordOnly matches complete words, not partial matches inside longer words
RegexTreats the query as a regular expression for advanced pattern matching
Title onlyRestricts matching to note titles, ignoring body content

All four are off by default. They combine — for example, you can enable case-sensitive and whole word together.

Sorting

The same sheet has a Sort by row. Tap it to pick how results are ordered:

  • Last edited — newest first (default)
  • Last edited — oldest first
  • Created — newest first
  • Created — oldest first

Recently Searched

When you open Search with an empty field, your recent search queries are shown as chips at the top. Tap one to re-run that search instantly, or tap Clear to wipe the list.

Recently Viewed

Below recent searches, your recently viewed notes appear ordered by last access time. This gives you a quick way to return to notes you were just working on, even without searching.

Persisted State

Your query, filters, results, and position are remembered while you open a result. Returning to Search picks up where you left off.

Quick Answers

How do I search notes on Octarine for iOS?

Tap Search in the bottom navigation bar, or open it from More if you customized the tabs.

Does iOS search support filters?

Yes. You can filter by match case, whole word, regex, and title-only search.

Does Octarine for iOS remember recent searches?

Yes. Recent search queries appear as chips when you open Search with an empty field.