# Advanced Search UI option to "exclude subcategories"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui-option-to-exclude-subcategories/73997
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [11월 13, 2017, 4:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui-option-to-exclude-subcategories/73997 "2017-11-13T16:49:20Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 4:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui-option-to-exclude-subcategories/73997/1 "2017-11-13T16:49:20Z")

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We support searching only in the parent category (via an equal sign i.e. `#=howto`), but there isn’t an option for this in the Advanced Search UI.

cc @cpradio @sam