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Advanced search operators are query words or symbols that perform special actions in the tasks search. These operators allow you to find what you're looking for quickly and accurately. They can also be used to set up Smart Lists so you can organize your tasks automatically. Some of the most useful operators are listed below.

To use advanced operators, you can either type your query directly into the search box, or click on Show search options within the search box.

Search Options

Operator	Example	Meaning
list:	list:Work list:"Bob's Homework"	Tasks in Work list. Tasks in Bob's Homework list.
listContains:	listContains:Project	Tasks in lists that have "Project" in their name, i.e., finds "Project A" and "Project B".
priority:	priority:1 priority:none	Tasks with priority 1. Tasks with no priority.
status:	status:completed status:incomplete	Tasks that have been completed. Tasks that are incomplete.
tag:	tag:bananas	Tasks tagged with bananas.
tagContains:	tagContains:project	Tasks where the tag contains project.
isTagged:	isTagged:true	Tasks that have been tagged.
location:	location:work	Tasks located at work.
locationContains:	locationContains:Office	Tasks in lists that have "Office" in their name, i.e., finds "San Francisco Office" and "New York Office".
locatedWithin:	locatedWithin:"3 km" locatedWithin:"1.5 miles" locatedWithin:"300 ft"	Tasks located within specified distance.
isLocated:	isLocated:true	Tasks that have locations.
isRepeating:	isRepeating:true	Tasks that repeat.
name:	name:phone	Task names containing phone.
noteContains:	noteContains:monkey	Tasks with notes containing monkey.
hasNotes:	hasNotes:true	Tasks that have notes.
filename:	filename:pdf	Tasks that have an attachment filename containing pdf.
hasAttachments:	hasAttachments:true	Tasks that have attachments.
due:	due:tomorrow due:yesterday due:never	Tasks due tomorrow. Tasks due yesterday. Tasks with no due date.
dueBefore:	dueBefore:today dueBefore:now	Tasks due before today (i.e. overdue). Tasks due before the current time (i.e. overdue including tasks from earlier today).
dueAfter:	dueAfter:sunday	Tasks due after Sunday.
dueWithin:	dueWithin:"1 week of today"	Tasks due within one week.
start:	start:today start:yesterday start:never	Tasks that start today. Tasks that start yesterday. Tasks without start dates.
startBefore:	startBefore:today startBefore:now	Tasks that start before today. Tasks that start before the current time.
startAfter:	startAfter:sunday	Tasks that start after Sunday.
startWithin:	startWithin:"1 week of today"	Tasks that start within one week of today.
timeEstimate:	timeEstimate:"1 hour" timeEstimate:"> 1 hour" timeEstimate:"< 1 hour"	Tasks with a time estimate: equal to, greater than, and less than 1 hour.
hasTimeEstimate:	hasTimeEstimate:true	Tasks that have time estimates.
hasURL:	hasURL:true	Tasks that have URLs set.
hasSubtasks:	hasSubtasks: true	Tasks that have subtasks.
isSubtask:	isSubtask:true	Tasks that are subtasks.
completed:	completed:today	Tasks completed today.
completedBefore:	completedBefore:1/1/2025	Tasks completed before 2025.
completedAfter:	completedAfter:31/12/2024	Tasks completed from the start of 2025.
completedWithin:	completedWithin:"1 week of today"	Tasks completed in the past week.
added:	added:today	Tasks added today.
addedBefore:	addedBefore:1/1/2025	Tasks added before 2025.
addedAfter:	addedAfter:31/12/2024	Tasks added from the start of 2025.
addedWithin:	addedWithin:"3 months of today"	Tasks added in the past 3 months.
updated:	updated:today updated:yesterday	Tasks that were last updated today. Tasks that were last updated yesterday.
updatedBefore:	updatedBefore:1/1/2025	Tasks that were last updated before 1/1/2025.
updatedAfter:	updatedAfter:31/12/2025	Tasks that were last updated after 31/12/2025.
updatedWithin:	updatedWithin:"1 week of today"	Tasks that were last updated in the past week.
postponed:	postponed:3 postponed:"> 3" postponed:"< 3"	Tasks that have been postponed: exactly, more than, and less than 3 times.
isShared:	isShared:true	Tasks that are shared with someone.
sharedWith:	sharedWith:bob@example.com	Tasks that are shared with bob@example.com.
givenTo:	givenTo:me givenTo:bob@example.com	Tasks that have been given to me. Tasks that have been given to bob@example.com.
givenBy:	givenBy:me givenBy:bob@example.com	Tasks that were given by me. Tasks that were given by bob@example.com.
isGiven:	isGiven:true	Tasks that have been given to someone.
source:	source:web	Tasks that were added via the web app. (You can also search for android, api, email, evernote, gmail, ipad, iphone, milksync-outlook, siri, and twitter.)
includeArchived:	includeArchived:true	Tasks in archived lists are included. This operator is not supported in the mobile apps.
AND	priority:1 AND tag:bananas	Tasks matching term A and term B. Tasks with priority 1 and tagged with bananas.
OR	priority:1 OR priority:2	Tasks matching term A or term B. Tasks with priority 1 or with priority 2.
NOT	tag:bananas NOT tag:apples	Exclude tasks from your search. Tasks tagged with bananas but not with apples.
" " (quotes)	name:"TPS report"	Tasks containing the exact phrase TPS report.
( )	priority:1 AND (tag:bananas OR tag:apples)	Group search terms. Tasks with priority 1 and tagged with either bananas or apples.