# Allow searching across multiple categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-across-multiple-categories/98045>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-across-multiple-categories/98045 "2018-09-25T21:27:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-across-multiple-categories/98045/5 "2023-06-08T15:17:10Z")

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Searching across categories would provide a workaround for finding unsolved topics in more than one category. [Searching for `status: unsolved` returns unwanted results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved/30155/330) because it includes topics that don’t have **Solved** on.

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