Summary
It is possible to search only in some folders in Obsidian. This feature is provided by a context menu option when right-clicking on a folder.
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Additionally, users can configure Obsidian to always ignore certain folders
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, or create a search to exclude certain folders and star it.
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The search also has a path: operator, which will restrict results to a specific folder.
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Folders are natural tools for namespacing/delimiting the context for articles. The use case is to filter search results to include only files that are contained in some folder.
Provide a context menu option when right-clicking on a folder to search in this folder.
Search only in some folder - Help - Obsidian Forum
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Obsidian Forum users are asking for a feature that would allow users to exclude certain folders within the Vault from the search function, causing clutter and slow search. This feature is possible with the revamped search, and users can also configure Obsidian to always ignore certain folders. Additionally, users can create a search to exclude certain folders and star it, and revise that starred search each time they want to search for notes.
Exclude folders from search - Feature archive - Obsidian Forum
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Yes, this is true! Search, by default, will only return files within the vault. However, search also has some extras along with it to help you find what you're looking for, in particular the path: operator, which will restrict results to a specific folder.
Folder's names excluded from search results ? : r/ObsidianMD
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