Search syntax¶
Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language via the search query.
- Prefix
!
to set Category/engine
- Prefix:
:
to set language
- Prefix:
?
to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories
Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with !it !ddg !wp qwer search in IT category and duckduckgo
and wikipedia for qwer
).
See the /preferences page for the list of engines, categories and languages.