A search for more than one word will find pages that contain all of the words.
Use quotation marks to search for a phrase.
Also use quotes for text with punctuation or special characters.
Searches are case insensitive.
Search examples
| Enter | To find pages containing |
|---|
| apple pie | both 'apple' and 'pie' |
| "apple pie" | the phrase 'apple pie' |
| apple -pie | 'apple', omitting those containing 'pie' |
| food -"apple pie" | 'food', omitting those containing 'apple pie' |
| apple "-pie" | the words 'apple' and '-pie' |
| apple - pie | 'apple', '-', and 'pie' |
| "pie:" | the word 'pie' with a colon |
| "pie=tasty" | the phrase 'pie=tasty' |
| name=*crumble* | page names containing 'crumble' |
Some special characters need to be enclosed in quotes, including the colon (:), equals sign (=), less than (<), single quote (') and double quote(").