# Should search limited to category also search subcategories?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 15, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100 "2016-03-15T18:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100/6 "2017-02-08T02:24:41Z")

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Sounds compelling. In that case, I vote for the check box to include subcategories.

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