# Full page search does not search users or categories like on-page search does

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-does-not-search-users-or-categories-like-on-page-search-does/34848>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-does-not-search-users-or-categories-like-on-page-search-does/34848 "2015-10-23T17:21:12Z")\
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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:** [February 19, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-does-not-search-users-or-categories-like-on-page-search-does/34848/8 "2016-02-19T06:23:39Z")

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I’ve run into this before as well. Not too frequently, as I tend to just type `/users/username` directly into the URL bar, but it is certainly surprising when you want to search for a category and find out you can’t on full page!

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