# Advanced Search combining "AND" and "OR" for tags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-combining-and-and-or-for-tags/238898>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** search, tags\
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-combining-and-and-or-for-tags/238898 "2022-09-13T16:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![rik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@rik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rik)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-combining-and-and-or-for-tags/238898/1 "2022-09-13T16:41:00Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve been reading today about the Tags structure of Discourse. I discovered it is possible to search for topics that are intersects (“AND”) or unions (“OR”) of tags. My question is:  
is it possible to combine these in Advanced Search? E.g. would I be able to, using Discourse, to do a search for:  
tag1 AND (tag2 OR tag3)  
?

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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-combining-and-and-or-for-tags/238898/2 "2022-09-13T16:59:23Z")

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No that is not possible.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-combining-and-and-or-for-tags/238898/3 "2024-01-15T00:04:41Z")

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