# Please remove "about" from the stop words lists

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-remove-about-from-the-stop-words-lists/395455
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-remove-about-from-the-stop-words-lists/395455 "2026-02-08T02:23:38Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-remove-about-from-the-stop-words-lists/395455/4 "2026-02-09T02:55:04Z")

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> [@one1](#):
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> Is there no way to override the default list?

Sadly Discourse does not control this list, it comes from Postgres configuration.

Amending this is reasonably complex and may end up backfiring:

> **[Amending Stop Words in PostgreSQL English](https://meta.discourse.org/discourse-ai/ai-bot/shared-ai-conversations/V4G23aQh6Q-DECgXU-7zVA)**
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> sam: how do I amend stop words in postgres for english?

There is absolutely room for making search better, but this is feature request material.

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