# Allow searching in multiple categories at once

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-in-multiple-categories-at-once/163850
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-in-multiple-categories-at-once/163850 "2020-09-12T19:16:38Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-in-multiple-categories-at-once/163850/6 "2026-01-05T09:25:40Z")

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You can search within 2 categories using `categories:category1,category2` or `category:category1,category2`

For example  
🔍[Test category:dev,installation](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=Test%20category%3Adev%2Cinstallation)

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