Search for is:checklist but exclude certain documents?

[Kerim]

I’d like a bookmarked search that links to all my checklists, but which excludes certain documents entirely. I had trouble setting this up. Is it possible?

[pottster]

Just include -documentname in the search.

[Kerim]

Yeah, I tried that before posting here, but it didn’t work. Is there something wrong with the syntax? The document is named Travel Template and -“Travel Template” doesn’t do anything to change the search results.

[pottster]

Ah, ok. Looks like the search operators don’t work at the document level. The only thing I could suggest is moving the Travel Template document towards the bottom of your file list so it is at the bottom of your search results and, thereby, not so distracting.

[Kerim]

search operators don’t work at the document level

Thanks. I’ll make this a feature request…

[Kerim]

There is an existing feature request thread here:

Option to exclude document from global search

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