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<spanid="search-syntax"></span><h1>Search syntax<aclass="headerlink"href="#search-syntax"title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>SearXNG comes with a search syntax by with you can modify the categories,
engines, languages and more. See the <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">preferences</span></code> for
the list of engines, categories and languages.</p>
<sectionid="select-engine-and-category">
<h2><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!</span></code> select engine and category<aclass="headerlink"href="#select-engine-and-category"title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To set category and/or engine names use a <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!</span></code> prefix. To give a few examples:</p>
<ulclass="simple">
<li><p>search in Wikipedia for <strong>paris</strong></p>
<p>Abbreviations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
modifiers are chain able and inclusive. E.g. with <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!map</span><spanclass="pre">!ddg</span><spanclass="pre">!wp</span><spanclass="pre">paris</span></code> search in map category and DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia for <strong>paris</strong>.</p>
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<sectionid="select-language">
<h2><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">:</span></code> select language<aclass="headerlink"href="#select-language"title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To select language filter use a <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">:</span></code> prefix. To give an example:</p>
<h2><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!!<bang></span></code> external bangs<aclass="headerlink"href="#bang-external-bangs"title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>SearXNG supports the external bangs from <aclass="reference external"href="https://duckduckgo.com/bang">DuckDuckGo</a>. To directly jump to a
external search page use the <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!!</span></code> prefix. To give an example:</p>
<p>Please note, your search will be performed directly in the external search
engine, SearXNG cannot protect your privacy on this.</p>
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<sectionid="automatic-redirect">
<h2><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!!</span></code> automatic redirect<aclass="headerlink"href="#automatic-redirect"title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>When mentioning <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">!!</span></code> within the search query (separated by spaces), you will
automatically be redirected to the first result. This behavior is comparable to
the “Feeling Lucky” feature from DuckDuckGo. To give an example:</p>
<ulclass="simple">
<li><p>search for a query and get redirected to the first result</p>