# Search

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Search provides the capability that lets users quickly and effectively search the content or product catalogs in a store.

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{% hint style="success" %}
Steps

1. In the theme editor (**Customize**), click **Theme settings**
2. Locate **Search**
3. Make necessary changes
4. **Save.**
   {% endhint %}

You can enable one or all of the following features for search.

* **Enable predictive search**: a feature that predicts what users are searching for and shows results as users type.&#x20;

You can customize the behavior of predictive search with the [Search & Discovery app](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/search-and-discovery) from Shopify.

{% hint style="info" %}
Predictive search isn't available in all languages. See the [complete list of supported languages](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/predictive-search?shpxid=e7a69a3f-9448-4E0E-C1BA-A29185925080#supported-languages).
{% endhint %}

* **Search using product's tags**.
* **Search using product's description**.

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You can set some predefined popular search queries to suggest the search result and choose how out-of-stock products show (hide/show at last).

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{% hint style="info" %}
The default fields searched on are 'title', 'product\_type', 'variants.title', and 'vendor'.&#x20;

For the best search experience, users should search on the default field set, or as fewer fields as possible.
{% endhint %}