# Select "search the category" by default

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 28, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041 "2015-04-28T20:55:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![courtney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@courtney](https://meta.discourse.org/u/courtney)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041/1 "2015-04-28T20:55:04Z")

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Is there a way to have the “search the [xyz] category” option in search selected by default?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041/3 "2018-09-29T09:46:47Z")

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**Author:** ![robmc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmc/32/125900_2.png) [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041/4 "2018-09-29T13:39:24Z")

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For the record, this is now a feature of the site - if you are in a category, search defaults to searching that category (uncheck the box to search the site)

This is also true of your messages and inbox

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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:** [October 2, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041/5 "2018-10-02T00:44:36Z")

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**Author:** ![southpaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/southpaw/32/79352_2.png) [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-search-the-category-by-default/28041/6 "2026-09-10T14:11:20Z")

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