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+Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language via the search query.
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+Category/engine prefix: **`!`**
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+Language prefix: **`:`**
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+Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted.
+Engine/category modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. [**`!it !ddg !wp qwer`**](https://searx.0x2a.tk/?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer) - search in IT category **and** duckduckgo **and** wikipedia for `qwer`).
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+See the [/preferences page](https://searx.0x2a.tk/preferences) for the list of engines, categories and languages.
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+### Examples
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+Search in wikipedia for `qwer`: [**`!wp qwer`**](https://searx.0x2a.tk/?q=%21wp%20qwer) or [**`!wikipedia qwer`**](https://searx.0x2a.tk/?q=%21google%20qwer)
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+Image search: [**`!images chtulhu`**](https://searx.0x2a.tk/?q=%21images%20chtulhu)
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+Custom language in wikipedia: [**`:hu !wp hackerspace`**](https://searx.0x2a.tk/?q=%3Ahu%20%21go%20hsbp)
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