# Searching in Discourse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 27, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764 "2022-03-27T01:00:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764/1 "2022-03-27T01:00:21Z")

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With vBulletin we could search within the body of posts or within just titles alone.

Am I correct that Discourse does not allow us to search just within titles (which, I guess, they call “topics”)?

mmm

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764/2 "2022-03-27T01:09:01Z")

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The “Advanced filters” option has this:

“Only return topics/posts…

Matching in title only”

It searches in thread title only.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764/3 "2022-03-27T01:37:49Z")

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Ahh, I see it now. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-discourse/961764/4 "2022-03-27T23:51:56Z")

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You’re welcome!