# Feature request - search within chat **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Created:** [May 27, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-search-within-chat/1381891 "2026-05-27T18:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sarge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sarge](https://community.openai.com/u/Sarge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-search-within-chat/1381891/1 "2026-05-27T18:32:31Z")
I’d like to see the ability to search within individual chats. The current setup is very cumbersome. ---
**Author:** ![OpenAI\_Support](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/openai_support/32/561845_2.png) [@OpenAI\_Support](https://community.openai.com/u/OpenAI_Support)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-search-within-chat/1381891/2 "2026-05-28T16:16:17Z")
Hey @Sarge, welcome, looks like this is your first post here 👋 Yeah, I can see why having that feature would be convenient. I’ll make sure the feedback is surfaced to the engineering team. In the meantime, a few workarounds that folks have found helpful: - Use Ctrl + F within the current chat - Export or copy the chat into a text editor and search there - Global search can still help locate keywords or older conversations across chats Not ideal, agreed, but hopefully one of those helps for now. - Avinash ---
**Author:** ![avinash.api](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/avinash.api/32/741581_2.png) [@avinash.api](https://community.openai.com/u/avinash.api)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-search-within-chat/1381891/3 "2026-05-31T16:38:36Z")