Search your Vault
Bitwarden vaults can be searched to quickly surface relevant items. Basic searches can be made in any Bitwarden app, and more advanced full-text searches can be made in the web vault, desktop app, and browser extension.
The results available for any search is dependent on what is currently opened through the Filter menu or Navigation, for example:
If All Items is selected, searches will check all vault items for results.
If Login is selected, searches will check all login items for results.
If My Folder is selected, searches will check items in that folder for results (not including items in a nested folder).
The placeholder text in the search box will change to indicate the current search location:

Basic Search
Basic search is available in Bitwarden mobile apps. Entering search text (e.g. Github
or myusername
) will look for the entered information in the following vault item fields:
Item Name
For logins, Username
For logins, URI
For cards, Brand or last four digits of the Number
For identities, Name
For your convenience, basic searches automatically include leading and trailing wildcards. For example, searching for mail
will return items with the name gmail
as well as email
.
Full-text Search
Searches in the web vault, desktop app, and browser extension are automatically full-text and, like basic searches, automatically include leading and trailing wildcards. When results aren't found in a full-text search, Bitwarden will fall back to a basic search.
Indexed Fields
Full-text search will search the following fields for every vault item:
shortid
: First 8 characters of the item's ID.organizationid
: ID of the item's Organization (if it belongs to one).name
: Item's designated name.subtitle
: Depending on item type; login Username, card Brand or last four digits of the Number, or identity Name.notes
: Item's notes.fields
: Name or value. OnlyText
type field values are included.attachments
: Name of the attached file.login.username
: Login item's username.login.uris
: Login item's URI hostname value.
Searching Specific Fields
You can search for data in specific fields by starting a search query with the "greater than" (>
) character and indicating a field as previously listed in the following format:
>login.username:jsmith
will search for login items withjsmith
specified as the Username.>name:Turbo Tax
will search for any vault items withTurbo Tax
specified as the Name.>fields:Security Question
will search for any vault items with a custom text field with the NameSecurity Question
.
Wildcards and Advanced Search Parameters
When searching specific fields, you can apply the asterisk (*
) as a wildcard character for specified search values, for example:
>organizationid:*
will search for all vault items that belong to an Organization.>-organizationid:*
will search for all vault items that do not belong to an Organization.>login.username:*@gmail.com
will search for any login item Username that ends in@gmail.com
.
tip
Lunr provides a variety of advanced query options beyond wildcards, including:
Term Presence using a
+
(must contain) or-
(must not contain) prefix.For example, if you have multiple Gmail accounts, searching
>name:Gmail -Work
would return a Vault item with the namePersonal Gmail
but would not return a vault item with the nameWork Gmail
.Fuzzy Matching using a tilde (
~
) prefix combined with an edit distance integer.For example, searching
>name:email~1
would return both vault items with the nameemail
and vault items with the namegmail
.
Learn more about writing advanced search queries using Lunr's Searching Guide.