Search

Search finds items as you type, with the best match first. Plain words, quoted phrases, exclusions and field qualifiers combine in one query.

On desktop, Ctrl+Shift+Space (Cmd+Shift+Space on macOS) opens Quick search, which takes the same queries.

How matching works

A plain word matches the main fields of every item: title, username, email, phone, URL and domain, identity and cardholder names, custom field names and attachment names. Notes, passwords and custom field values match only through a qualifier, listed in the Qualifier reference.

Matching is:

• Case-insensitive: alice matches Alice.
• Partial: lic matches alice.
• Accent-insensitive in text fields, such as titles, names and notes: jose matches José. Usernames, emails and URLs keep their accents.

Search runs inside the current list, so any filter you set applies first. See Filters.

Combine terms

Add more words to narrow the results. An item must match every term:

github work

Match a phrase

Wrap words in quotes to match them together, in order:

"example team"

Case and separators are still ignored, so "example team" also matches an item titled Example-Team.

Exclude matches

Start a term with - to drop items that match it. This works for plain words and for qualifiers:

github -personal
domain:example -tag:archive

Search a specific field

Use qualifier:value to search one field. Qualifiers mix with plain words, take quoted values, and accept -:

username:alice
title:github note:"shared access"

Sort the list

Select Sort by in the search bar, then a criterion and an order. The default is Title, Alphabetically. Only the Title sort lists favorites first.

To keep your sort after Keyguard restarts, turn on Remember sorting method in the vault’s menu.

Qualifier reference

Qualifier	Searches in
title:, name:	Item title
username:	Username
email:	Email: an email-like username, or an identity’s email
url:	Full URL
domain:, host:	URL host and passkey domain
note:	Notes
field:	Custom field names and values
attachment:	Attachment file names
passkey:	Passkey domain and name
ssh:	SSH key fields
gpg:	GPG key fields
password:	Password
card-number:	Card number
card-brand:	Card brand
account:	Account
folder:	Folder
tag:	Tag
organization:	Organization
collection:	Collection

note:, password: and card-number: skip items with Auth re-prompt turned on. An unknown qualifier is plain text: type:login searches for the words “type” and “login”.

Sort options

Criterion	Orders
Title	Alphabetically, Reverse Alphabetically
Modification date	Newest First, Oldest First
Password	Alphabetically, Reverse Alphabetically
Password modification date	Newest First, Oldest First
Password strength	Weakest First, Strongest First