Search History Help

[void]

How do I enable search history?
Search history is disabled by default, to enable search history:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the History tab.
• Check Enable search history.
• Click OK.

How do I show a list of search suggestions?
Press Ctrl+Space to display the list of search suggestions.

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Disable search as you type to always show suggestions:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Search tab.
• Uncheck Search as you type.
• Click OK.

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Always show search suggestions:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the History tab.
• Check Always show search suggestions.
• Click OK.

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Click the down arrow on the right side the search edit.

Where is the search history saved?
Search history is saved to the Search History.csv file.
See %APPDATA% to locate this file.
This file is updated when closing the Everything Search window.

How do I clear my search history?

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the History tab.
• Click Clear Now.
• Click OK to clear.
• Click OK.

How do I disable search as you type and always display search suggestions?

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Search tab.
• Uncheck Search as you type.
• Click OK.

[mike21]

Hello, I have one question regarding history:

- my search term is just "software" and I want to open a folder "D:\My Docs\Software". As search results are sorted by filename, there are many other folders that contain my search term and the folder I want to open is 20th on the result list. Now I hit tab and then the down arrow to reach the folder I want to open. The next time that I search for "software" (exactly the same search term) I press enter or tab and again the 1st search result is selected. Is it possible that if the search term is exactly the same with a previous search, then when I hit tab or enter, then the file that I opened in the previous search is selected?

[void]

Is it possible that if the search term is exactly the same with a previous search, then when I hit tab or enter, then the file that I opened in the previous search is selected?

This will be possible with the next release of Everything with run history support.

[mike21]

Thanks, looking forward to use it as "the perfect launcher."