# Search Function

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** plex-web\
**Created:** [February 6, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986 "2022-02-06T11:34:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dmmikk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dmmikk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dmmikk)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986/1 "2022-02-06T11:34:28Z")

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Server Version#: Version 1.25.4.5487  
Player Version#:  
 Why did you change the search? It’s not even user friendly anymore.  
It does not give a comprehensive list of movies/tv shows, just has suggestions in the drop down from the search panel. Change it back please

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**Author:** ![shrtstck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/shrtstck/32/23755_2.png) [@shrtstck](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shrtstck)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986/2 "2022-02-06T11:58:53Z")

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Can you provide a screenshot o the issues you are having? The new search seems much faster and results better organized on my library but would be curious to see where it might be failing

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**Author:** ![warlock616](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@warlock616](https://forums.plex.tv/u/warlock616)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986/3 "2022-02-08T20:27:40Z")

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No need for a screenshot because we all remember the old search function. As people have said in other posts, there’s no way to get full screen results like before. I get it that it was updated to include recent searches and to show free stuff which I doubt anyone uses because we’ve all used Plex for years for our own libraries. It comes down to fixing something that didn’t need to be fixed. I mainly use Plex via a browser and my home PC still has the old search so I’m not looking forward to restarting my browser or PC and having the new search show up.

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**Author:** ![Dmmikk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dmmikk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dmmikk)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986/4 "2022-02-10T00:50:10Z")

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Basically, the new search function is horrible, and as warlock616 has eloquently listed. Everyone remembers the old search function. The new search function is junk

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-function/774986/5 "2022-05-11T00:50:34Z")

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