desktop onenote How to search for specific tags as in onenote online

Welcome ciro mangione,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum. I am happy to assist you.  

I understand you want to know how to search for specific tags in the desktop version of OneNote, similar to how single‑tag search works in OneNote Online and OneNote for Windows. 

Before we proceed, I’d like to narrow this down a bit: 

• Are you using OneNote for Windows 10 (Microsoft Store app) or OneNote desktop (OneNote 2016 / Microsoft 365 version)? 
• Are you trying to search for tags within a single notebook or across all notebooks? 

In the meantime, you can try the steps below:  

• Step 1: Open OneNote desktop 
• Step 2: Go to the Home tab
• Step 3: Click Find Tags 
• Step 4: In the Tags Summary pane, select the specific tag you want to find 
• Step 5: Use the Search dropdown at the bottom of the pane to choose This Notebook, This Section, or All Notebooks 
• Step 6: Click any result to jump directly to the tagged note 

I really hope that the information I gave above was helpful to you. Please feel free to reply below and let me know if you have further concern on this matter.   

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