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Search Operators finds notes by date and by links in its own search modal
Find a note by when you made or changed it and by what it links to, with a preview line per result.
MIT · no telemetry · core features free
- version
- 1.0.0
- downloads
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- review
- Passed
- health
- Excellent
- license
- MIT
- platforms
- Desktop, Mobile
- obsidian
- 1.13.4 or later
The tests run on the desktop app only. Report a problem on a phone in the issue tracker.
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About Search Operators
People who know when they wrote a note or what it links to, but not its words.
The core search of Obsidian 1.14 has no operator for the date a note was made or changed, and none for links. Search Operators adds them in its own modal, with a preview line for each result. It doesn't change the core search pane.
The date, link, tag, path, file and sort operators are free, with no limit on notes or results. Only Markdown notes are searched.
Play demoFree features
Date ranges
The operators created: and modified: take a day, a month, a year or a range. So created:2026-09 finds the notes of that month, and created:2026-09-01..2026-09-30 includes both end days. Put >, >=, < or <= in front of a date to search after or before it.
Recent notes
The values last-7d, last-2w, last-3m and last-1y count back from now, and today and yesterday work too. So modified:last-7d lists the notes you changed this week, newest first.
Links to a note
The operator linksto:[[Project plan]] lists every note that links to Project plan, the same list as its backlinks. Type the name with or without brackets, with a folder, an alias or a heading. A command opens the modal with this operator filled in for the current note.
![The query linksto:[[Project plan]] with 7 notes that link to Project plan.](/img/search-operators/links-to-640.fdc64d64.webp)
Links from a note
The operator linkedfrom:[[Project plan]] lists the notes that Project plan links to. Add more operators to narrow the list, for example linkedfrom:[[Project plan]] tag:#person.
![The query linkedfrom:[[Project plan]] with the 3 notes that Project plan links to.](/img/search-operators/linked-from-640.65eeaa26.webp)
Words, tags and paths with a preview line
Plain words must all appear in the title, the path or the text of the note, and a title match ranks first. Each result shows the path, the created and modified dates, and one line of the note. The operator tag:project also finds nested tags such as #project/search.
Pro features
Pro costs $5 a month or $15 one time through GitHub Sponsors. One sponsorship turns on Pro in all 15 plugins.
OR, NOT and property operators Pro
Put OR between two groups to match either one. Put - in front of an operator or word to exclude it, as in path:meetings -tag:finance. Property operators test frontmatter, such as [status:done] or [priority:>5].
![The query tag:#meeting -[status:done] OR [status:active] with 3 notes in the list.](/img/search-operators/pro-or-not-640.c40a3ccb.webp)
Results as a Markdown list Pro
Press Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + Enter in the modal. The plugin writes the results into the active note at the cursor, as a list of wiki links with the query above it. If no note is in edit mode, the list goes to the clipboard.
Saved searches Pro
Press Ctrl or Cmd + S in the modal to save the query. The command Run a saved search lists them. They're plain text in the settings, one per line, so you can edit them there.
Set up Search Operators
needs
- Obsidian 1.13.4 or later
steps
Open the command palette and run Search notes with operators, or select the search icon in the ribbon.
Type words and operators. Spaces separate them, and every part must match.
Use the arrow keys to pick a note, then press Enter to open it.
Why this exists
Two requests on the Obsidian forum ask for these operators, one for dates and one for links. The requests have 100 votes.
- Search operators for Note Creation/Modification Dateopened 2020-09-04
- Search Operators for LINKS (backlinks, forwardlinks)opened 2021-01-17
How it compares
- Core search
- The core search of Obsidian 1.14 has no operator for the date a note was made or changed, and none for links. It keeps its own syntax, because Search Operators is a separate modal.
- Omnisearch
- Omnisearch ranks notes by how well their words match, with filters for the file type and the path. It has no filter for dates or links.
- Dataview
- Dataview can list notes by date and by link, but you write each query in a code block in a note. Search Operators is a quick search, and nothing goes into your notes.
Questions about Search Operators
How do I search Obsidian notes by created or modified date?
The core search of Obsidian 1.14 has no date operator. Search Operators adds created: and modified: in its own modal. They take a day, a month, a year, a range or a relative value such as last-7d.
Why do my created dates look wrong?
Sync tools and copies can reset the file creation time. Put the date in a property and set its name in the settings. A note without the property uses the file time.
Is there a limit in the free version of Search Operators?
No. The date, link, tag, path, file and sort operators have no limit on notes or results. Without Pro, a query with a Pro part lists nothing, and the status line names that part. You never get results that silently ignore part of your query.
Does Search Operators work on a phone?
It should. The plugin isn't marked desktop only, and the modal uses the same suggestion list as the quick switcher. The tests run on the desktop app only, so report a phone problem in the issue tracker.
Can it search inside PDFs or canvas files?
No. Only Markdown notes are searched.
Network use
Search Operators makes no network requests until you select Sign in with GitHub. Sign in uses the GitHub device flow and the read-only scope read:user. After that, one query about your sponsorship goes to the GitHub API at most once every 7 days, with no vault data.
Search Operators 1.0.0, MIT license
MIT · no telemetry · core features free
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