---
title: Search Within a Community
description: Find members, posts, events, and courses from the community header without browsing every tab.
audience:
  - member
product_area: navigation
topics:
  - Search
  - Posts
  - Events
  - Courses
  - Members
synonyms:
  - student
  - learner
  - member
  - find content
  - global search
  - community search
routes:
  - /groups/:groupId/community
  - /groups/:groupId/classroom
  - /groups/:groupId/calendar
  - /groups/:groupId/members
related_articles:
  - students/community-participation
  - students/find-your-courses
  - students/calendar-and-events
  - students/members-following-and-messages
status: published
---

The **Search** field in a community header searches that community—not every membership on your account. Check the community name first, then select Search.

## Find a result

1. Enter at least three characters from a member name, post title or text, event, course title, or description.
2. Wait for the result counts to update.
3. Use **All**, **Members**, **Posts**, **Events**, or **Courses** when that result type is available.
4. Select a result to open its profile or the matching community page.

Only result types with matches appear as tabs. Search returns a limited set of the closest accessible matches, so use a distinctive phrase when a broad word produces too many results.

![The current community Search overlay with All, Posts, and Courses results for a three-character-or-longer query.](/help/images/students/global-search.jpg)

## If a result is missing

- Confirm that you are searching inside the correct community.
- Try a shorter, correctly spelled keyword of at least three characters.
- Search by a course or event title instead of a description when possible.
- Open **Members**, **Calendar**, or **Classroom** and use that page's filters when you need a wider list.

Search respects your account's access. A private profile, removed post, unpublished course, past event, or item outside your membership may not appear. Switching communities starts a separate search, and clearing the field removes the current results.

## Legal

- [Privacy](/privacy)
- [Terms](/terms)
- [Data rights and deletion](/data-deletion)