How to exclude deleted notes from search?

[TdeV 87]

At the top of my Shortcuts, I have a default search for all notebooks which excludes notes tagged "Archive". However, search returns notes I have just deleted. This is annoying because I have deleted the note(s) so that I don't have to consider it(them) anymore.

How do I adjust the search to NOT include deleted notes? TIA.

[DTLow 5,721]

7 hours ago, TdeV said:

search returns notes I have just deleted. This is annoying because I have deleted the note(s) so that I don't have to consider it(them) anymore.

On my devices/platforms (Mac, iPad) deleted notes in the Trash are excluded from the search

Is this a temporary issue, resolved after a sync?

[TdeV 87]

I don't know, @DTLow. I tested this, i.e. created a note and synced, then deleted it. But it stayed deleted!

I've restored the note and will try again tomorrow to see if it behaves differently. 🙁

[CalS 5,111]

Just did a quick test, no matter syncing or not, notes in the trash don't appear in search results for me.   Only works if context is Trash.

[s2sailor 1,423]

Using the Windows client, deleted notes do not show up in the note list for me, but Trash is identified as a notebook where a matching note can be found.  I like that it does that.

[CalS 5,111]

2 minutes ago, s2sailor said:

Using the Windows client, deleted notes do not show up in the note list for me, but Trash is identified as a notebook where a matching note can be found.  I like that it does that.

Good catch.  I don't enable the option Show assisted search so I don't see that. 

Plus I pretty much keep the trash empty.  I'm confused enough as it is without leaving stuff around to rabbit hole into...

[s2sailor 1,423]

2 hours ago, CalS said:

I don't enable the option Show assisted search so I don't see that. 

I tend to just use keyword searches so I find this search information helpful to drill down if the initial search returns too many notes.  Locating notes in trash is a side benefit for me which I have found helpful a few times.

[CalS 5,111]

2 hours ago, s2sailor said:

I tend to just use keyword searches so I find this search information helpful to drill down if the initial search returns too many notes.  Locating notes in trash is a side benefit for me which I have found helpful a few times.

Cool.  I tend to use tags and then words to winnow the results if need be.  That and the fact I predominantly do All Notes searches with very few notebooks sort of takes the gloss of the feature, my use case anyway.

[TdeV 87]

5 hours ago, CalS said:

Show assisted search

Could you please tell me what "Assisted Search" is? Google doesn't seem to know and the Evernote discussion forums don't say.

[CalS 5,111]

24 minutes ago, TdeV said:

Could you please tell me what "Assisted Search" is? Google doesn't seem to know and the Evernote discussion forums don't say.

You will find it under Tools - Options - Search.  It will provide derivatives of your search term and reference whether the term appears in other notebooks.  I would turn it on and see how if feels for you.  Doesn't do much for me, but it is use case specific for sure.

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[TdeV 87]

Aah. Thank you @CalS. I *wish* I could exlude one set of those searches selectively. Removing "trash" from the list would work well.

[CalS 5,111]

2 minutes ago, TdeV said:

Aah. Thank you @CalS. I *wish* I could exlude one set of those searches selectively. Removing "trash" from the list would work well.

You are welcome.  Yeah, to not have Trash appear in assisted search Trash needs to be empty.  Though I don't think the notes referenced by Trash are actually in the note list unless you select Trash.

[jefito 5,586]

20 hours ago, CalS said:

You are welcome.  Yeah, to not have Trash appear in assisted search Trash needs to be empty.  Though I don't think the notes referenced by Trash are actually in the note list unless you select Trash.

That's correct, as far as I know; in fact, the notes in the result list don't contain any of the notes referenced in Assisted Search; they match just what you asked for. Assisted Search just gives you some hints in case you're not finding what you're looking for. Nice feature, that, including the inclusion of Trash, since people sometimes delete notes by mistake, I'm told...

[izeferob 0]

On 07.05.2019 at 02:18, TdeV said:

Aah. Thank you @CalS. I *wish* I could exlude one set of those searches selectively. Removing "trash" from the list would work well.

Yeah. It's absolutely useless for me - when I search for something and in search results see deleted notes
-create mess in search result.

So strange that in Evernote doesn't have option to disable this.

So uncomfortably.

[PinkElephant 6,279]

Have you ever tried what you are posting about ? Notes in the trash do not show up in search results, if you use the standard search function. This is by default, no option.

Only the assisted search (which is not the standard search) does include trash. Assisted search is NOT the standard way of searching in EN. It is a fallback option if the normal search does not find what you are looking for. It is not even available in many of the clients. 

[jefito 5,586]

My test case:

• Create a dummy tag "xyzzy"
• Apply the tag to one of my test notes (that I use for texting Evernote glitches, etc.) that live in a notebook named "Test"
• Go to All Notes, and do a search for notes with that tag: tag:xyzzy
• The note is seen in the note list
• Right click on the note in the note list, select "Move to Trash"
• The note disappears from the note list.

Appears to work. Works the same with Assisted Search enabled or disabled.