# New search operator "not" for tags only

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-search-operator-not-for-tags-only/52087
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [27.Октябрь.2016 10:27:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-search-operator-not-for-tags-only/52087 "2016-10-27T10:27:15Z")
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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: [14.Ноябрь.2016 18:07:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-search-operator-not-for-tags-only/52087/2 "2016-11-14T18:07:36Z")

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So this just came up naturally from another user at Stonehearth:

> **[Better search, filters](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/better-search-filters/26654)**
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> Is there a way similar to google’s search to use special filters? I’m looking specific for exclusion filters, but a list of all filters (if any) would be good. A simple search here for something like frog will show a lot of posts where the user...

Seems he was trying to search for “frog”, but we have a very active user named “froggy” so he had a hard time searching for posts that had frog but weren’t mentions.

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