# Filters

> Narrow the library by tag, space, type, color, date or status.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/filters
- Section: Find
- Works on: Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Open: `⌘/` on Mac

## Type a filter

In search, type one of these and press `Return`. It becomes a chip.

- “#” and a tag name, like “#ideas”: a tag you added.
- “@” and a space's exact name, like “@Work”: that space.
- “is:untagged”, “is:unopened” or “is:unenriched”: captures with no tags, never opened, or without AI details yet.
- A color name, like “blue”, or a hex value, like “#ff6600”: images and colors with that color.

Content types and dates aren't typed. Type “pdf” or “this week” and pick the suggestion.

## Pick a suggestion

As you type, search suggests filters that match: spaces, tags, content types, sources such as YouTube, Reddit or GitHub, colors, dates, and **Pinned**, **Untagged**, **Not enriched** or **Unopened**. Typing “#” lists only tags, and “@” only spaces.

On Mac, choose a row in the search bar. On iPhone and iPad, tap a pill under the field.

## Use the Filters panel

On Mac:

1. Press `⌘/` or click the filter button at the bottom of the library.
2. Click a pill under **Content type**, **Status** or **Date** to turn it on or off. Each one adds a chip under the title.
3. Press `⌘/` again, or click the button, to close.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. Tap the filter button at the right end of the search field.
2. Tap tiles, rows or chips to turn them on or off. The sheet has **Capture types**, **Organization**, **Spaces**, **Tags**, **Date**, **Smart filters** and **Colors**.
3. Tap **Clear** to remove them all, or close the sheet to go back.

Video: [The Filters panel narrowing the library by Video and Image, then by Last month; a chip is removed and all are cleared.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-filters.mp4)

The Mac panel has no tags, spaces or colors. Type them in search.

## How filters add up

- Filters of different kinds all apply: a type and a tag show captures that have both.
- With several types, tags, spaces or sources, a capture needs only one of them.
- With several statuses, a capture needs all of them.

Remove a chip with its ×. On Mac, `⌫` in an empty search field removes the last chip, and **Clear** or `⌥⌫` removes them all; you can undo it.

## Questions

### Where is the tag or space filter on Mac?

Type # or @ in search. The Mac Filters panel has no tag or space section.

### Why didn't @design become a chip?

It becomes a space chip only when a space with exactly that name exists. Otherwise it searches the words.

### Why does a #tag chip miss captures with that AI tag?

A #tag chip matches only tags you added. Typed words still find AI-suggested tags.

## More guides

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- [Sort and shuffle](https://resurf.so/guides/sort.md): Change the order of your library: newest first, recently updated, best match or random.
- [Quick Search](https://resurf.so/guides/quick-search.md): Search your library from any app on your Mac.
- [Similar captures](https://resurf.so/guides/similar.md): See captures that look or read like the one you're on, from anywhere in your library.
- [Search by meaning](https://resurf.so/guides/meaning-search.md): Find captures that match what you mean, not only the words you typed.
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