Search Basics

1. Tap the search button on the bottom right of the screen.
2. Tap the keyword button (tag icon) to open the search field.
3. Enter your own keywords, or several built-in filters (start with #, @, <, >, =). For filter details, see Related Topics below.

Tips

• Pressing the space bar twice while typing a keyword will autocomplete to the first keyword in the keyword list.
• For text search filters, you can use regular expression expressions. PRO
  #title:/^prefix/i
  Title starts with "prefix". Case insensitive.
  #camera:/iphone/i
  Camera model contains "iPhone". Case insensitive.
  
  For more information about supported regular expressions, see here.

Advanced Search PRO

Advanced Search lets you build multiple filter groups and combine those groups with OR or AND. Pro supports up to 8 condition groups.

How group operators work

The operator between groups applies to every group — changing it updates all of them. Filters inside each group use the opposite operator.

• OR between groups: a photo matches if it matches all filters of any one group. (“A photo may match any group. Within a group, every condition must match.”)
• AND between groups: a photo must match every group, and within each group any one of its filters is enough. (“A photo must match every group. Within a group, any one condition is enough.”)

Open from the options button

1. Tap the button to the right of the search field that shows Match Any Keyword or Match All Keywords.
2. Tap Advanced Search.

In the Advanced Search screen

• At the top, choose Match All Groups or Match Any Group.
• On each group header, tap the edit button (pencil-in-square icon) to add or edit that group’s conditions.
• Long-press a condition row and use Move to Group to move it to another group or a new group.
• Swipe a condition row to delete it. Use Add Group to add another group.
• The same condition can appear in more than one group. For example, A and (B or (C and D)) can be expressed as (A) and (B or C) and (B or D).

Type operators in the search field

You can also define groups while typing in the keyword field:

• Type | to end the current group and start the next with OR between groups. The field shows an OR separator token.
• Type & to end the current group and start the next with AND between groups. The field shows an AND separator token.
• You cannot mix operators. The operator is shared by all groups, so the last one you type applies everywhere. For example, after using |, typing & switches every group to AND and shows All groups are now combined with AND.

Advanced searches can be saved as smart albums the same way as other searches — if an Advanced Search is active, it is filled in automatically when you create a smart album.

Edit Filters

• Double-tap a filter that accepts a value (e.g. #title:TEXT, #caption:TEXT) to edit it.
• Long-press a filter for options to delete, toggle ! (NOT), or edit the value.
• Tap a filter, then type on the keyboard to change its value.

Search History

Tap the search history button in the search popup. Recent searches appear as chips you can swipe to delete.

• Tap an item to fill the search field. Search does not run until you tap Search.
• Swipe an item to delete it.
• Tap the trash button to clear all recent searches after confirmation.

Pinned searches

Pin searches you use often. They appear in the Pinned tab of search history so you can reuse them quickly.

Unavailable search conditions

If a search or smart album still references a deleted event, event category, or keyword group, the search does not run and the smart album does not open. Instead, Check the Search Conditions lists the problem conditions. In the field they may look like #event:(Deleted) — remove them or pick valid ones again.

Lock Filter

Turn on Lock Filter to pause thumbnail refresh while you browse filtered results. Useful when you want to review matches without the list updating.