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title: "Restricting search to a single category"
url: "https://demo.myforumcat.com/q/53/restricting-search-to-a-single-category"
forum: "Demo"
question_number: 53
category: "General"
tags: ["Email", "Custom Domains"]
status: "solved"
solved: true
votes: 3
replies: 3
views: 119
asked_at: "2026-07-03T23:31:08.596Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-18T23:17:17.684Z"
---

# Restricting search to a single category

Asked by Margaret Doyle on 2026-07-03 · 3 votes

Is there a way to scope search results to just the Billing category from the portal UI?

## 3 replies

### Reply 1 (marked as the solution)

Jane Cooper · 2026-07-04 · 5 votes

There is a category dropdown right next to the search bar on the portal, picking Billing there scopes results to just that category without needing any special syntax.

### Reply 2

Ravi Patel · 2026-07-04 · 1 vote

Wish I had known about that filter sooner, was trying to search by category name in the query.

### Reply 3

Kai Tanaka · 2026-07-05 · 1 vote

That category dropdown saved me from writing an awkward search query.