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You can search bookmarks just like you can search works. You can use the same filters, plus some additional ones.
Search your own bookmarks
To search your own bookmarks, visit your Bookmarks page in one of two ways:
- By clicking on your username at the top of the AO3 site page and choosing Bookmarks from the dropdown menu
- By selecting Bookmarks from the sidebar (or top menu on mobile) in your Dashboard
Search any user's bookmarks
To search other users' bookmarks, go to the top menu and hover over/click on the word Search (between the words Browse and About). A dropdown menu will appear. Select Bookmarks from the menu.
Search and filter bookmarks
When searching bookmarks with either of these methods, you have the option to sort and filter in various ways, such as the date the bookmark was created versus the date the work was last updated.
You can also include and exclude ratings, warning, fandoms, ships, etc just like you can on other searches.
Bookmark searches also allow you to specifically search through the bookmarker's tags. These are tags created by whoever made the bookmark rather than the tags created by the author of the work. Again, you can either include or exclude with these tags.
You can use the any-user bookmark search to search your own bookmarks, as well. You can do so by specifying the user name of the bookmarker. This search will only return your public bookmarks, however, so if you have any bookmarks marked as private, you will need to use your personal bookmarks list in order to see those.
Bookmarks searching also allows you to narrow your results down to only those works that have been marked as a Rec, only works that have bookmarker notes, and/or only works that have bookmarker tags. You can even search for keywords within the notes.
As with anything else on the Archive, if you need more information, click on the ? bubbles you see on the site or visit the FAQ (available in the dropdown menu under About).