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# Why can't I search a note's content?

> Klipy's note search only matches a note's title, not its body text. Put terms you want to find later in the title, since content isn't indexed for search.

Klipy's note search matches a note's title only — a note's body is stored as rich-text content, not a plain-text field search can scan, so a word written only inside the note is invisible to search. If there's a term you'll want to find later, put it in the note's title, not just the body.

## What you'll see

* You search for a word or phrase you know is written inside a specific note, and that note doesn't show up — even though you can find it easily by scrolling your notes list by hand.
* This happens no matter how exact your search term is: a single distinctive word or an exact phrase copied from the note's body gets the same result. If the word isn't in the note's title, the note won't appear.
* The note itself is unaffected — its content displays normally once you open it. The gap is specifically in Klipy's note search, not in how notes are stored or displayed.
* This is separate from searching contacts, companies, or deals in your Rolodex, which works differently and isn't affected by this limitation.

## Why it happens

Klipy's note search only matches a note's title: it narrows the list to notes whose title contains your search term, case-insensitively, and never looks inside the note's body. That's because a note's body is saved as a rich-text document (an internal structure describing formatting, not a plain-text field) rather than a simple string a search query can scan directly — there is a step in Klipy meant to index note bodies for search, but it's currently disabled and doesn't do anything yet.

Title-only search is the current, honest scope of Klipy's note search, not a bug limited to certain notes or accounts. Every note in Klipy is affected equally, regardless of length, age, or whether it was created manually or generated from a meeting transcript.

## What to do now

<Steps>
  <Step title="Search by the note's title">
    Use words from the note's title in Klipy's note search. That's the only field search currently matches.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Put searchable terms in the title going forward">
    When you create a note with information you'll want to find later — a company name, a project name, or a key term — write it into the title itself rather than only in the body. A note's title can hold more than a short label.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fall back to scrolling your notes list">
    If you can't recall the exact title, your notes list can be scrolled and skimmed manually. This is the only way today to find a note whose title doesn't match what you remember.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## When to contact us

Contact us if a note doesn't show up in Klipy's note search even though its title clearly matches what you typed. That's a different issue than the title-only search limitation and worth reporting. This is separate from Rolodex search, which covers contacts, companies, and deals and isn't affected by this limitation — see "How to Search Your Rolodex" for that.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Is this the same limitation as Rolodex search for contacts and companies?">
    No. This applies only to Klipy's note search. Searching contacts, companies, and deals in your Rolodex is a separate feature and isn't affected by the title-only limitation.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Will Klipy eventually search inside note bodies?">
    Not today. The step meant to index note content for search exists in Klipy but is currently disabled, so there's no timeline to share for when body search will work.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does this affect notes created from meeting transcripts the same way as manually created notes?">
    Yes. Title-only search applies to every note in Klipy the same way, regardless of whether you typed it yourself or Klipy created it automatically from a meeting.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I rename a note's title later to make it searchable?">
    Yes. Editing a note's title updates what Klipy's search can match immediately, so you can add a term to an existing note's title at any time if you find you need to search for it later.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>