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title: Find in Files
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description: Learn about the Find in Files feature and how to use it to search a specific set of files.
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ms.custom: SEO-VS-2020
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ms.date: 07/29/2021
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ms.date: 07/30/2021
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ms.topic: conceptual
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To refine your search, you can select or clear the following option(s):
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- **Include external items** - Use this option to include external items, such as files like "windows.h" that you might reference but aren't part of the solution.
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- **Include miscellaneous files** - Use this option to include miscellaneous files, such as files that you've opened but aren't part of the solution.
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- **Include external items** - Use this option to include external items, such as files like "windows.h" that you might reference but aren't part of a solution.
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- **Include miscellaneous files** - Use this option to include miscellaneous files, such as files that you've opened but aren't part of a solution.
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## File types
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## Multiple searches
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You can keep the results from one search while you're performing other searches. This makes it easy to compare results and see them side-by-side.
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:::image type="content" source="media/find-files-search-results.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Search Results window with three search results as tabs showing.":::
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To keep several search results, select the **Keep Results** button after each search. Then, when you search for something else, the results are shown in a new tab. You can keep the results of up to five searches. If you've already got five search results showing, the next search will reuse the oldest search result tab.
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## See also
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- [Replace in files](../ide/replace-in-files.md)
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