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luckman212
Frequent Contributor
10 months ago

How to do advanced searches from the UI (e.g. search in url)

I imported a lot of items via CSV from Bitwarden and am cleaning them up. I have a need to search for items with certain URLs, but finding it difficult (impossible?) to do via the native GUI app. I was able to do what I need using the CLI + a custom jq script, but I was wondering if there are any advanced searching methods that can search specific fields right from the regular UI.


1Password Version: 8.10.32
Extension Version: 2.23.3
OS Version: 14.5
Browser: Chrome

  • luckman212

    Thank you for the clarification. It isn't currently possible to limit search to specific fields and I've filed a feature request to have the product team look into creating a more advanced search in a future version of 1Password. Thanks for the feedback.

    I'm glad that you were able to find a workaround for now. 🙂

    -Dave

    ref: PB-39863652

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    luckman212
    Frequent Contributor

    Specifically, I was looking for a way to search for items that have a particular string in their URL. This does not appear to be possible in the GUI. I had to use the CLI + jq to do it.

    While the "regular" search DOES match strings in the URL fields, it ALSO matches everything else. So for example, if I want to search for item with a url "apple.com", when I type "apple.com" in the search box, I also get results for items that have apple.com in the Name, the Notes, etc etc. Hope that clears up the question.

  • Hello luckman212! 👋

    Thanks for the question. You can find our guide for search here: Search in the 1Password app to find what you need

    If I open the 1Password for Mac app and enter a URL into the search field at the top of the app then I see items with that URL in the search results. Can you tell me a little more about the difficulties that you're running into? Are the URLs in the website address field within a login item? Or are they saved somewhere else in an item?

    -Dave