# How to search by topic author

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-by-topic-author/141913>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-by-topic-author/141913 "2020-02-18T16:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-by-topic-author/141913/4 "2020-02-18T19:15:48Z")

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> [@downey](#):
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> This search query will return all topics created by a user in a given category:

I was gonna warn against this, but maybe you know a way to solve my issue with using the search query: it logs it in the dashboard, making the trending search term widget useless.

Granted, not a huge deal, but: can one use the search endpoint without logging it?

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