Linked notes

[flaneige 13]

Is there a way to know which notes are linked to a specific note ?

[gazumped 11,667]

Hi. No easy way as far as I'm aware.  A link from note A to note B will necessarily have some of note A's title or UID as part of the content - so you could presumably track down any possibles with searches;  but that would be a note-by-note method and somewhat impractical for more than a few.

 

[eric99 980]

2 hours ago, flaneige said:

Is there a way to know which notes are linked to a specific note ?

The best you can do is search for the title of the specific note (search string between " " ). This will return the list of all notes that contain a link to that specific note  (assuming you haven't changed the title afterwards).

[Boot17 1,450]

These linked notes are also called "backlinks" and you can view a lot of forum discussions on them by searching for that term: https://discussion.evernote.com/search/?q=backlinks&quick=1

It's been a pretty frequently requested feature.

[flaneige 13]

Unfortunately, I often change the title of my notes ...

[PinkElephant 8,117]

The title does not play any role when linking.

Each note is identified by a unique identifier. It is unique even in case in the same notebook would be 2 notes with exactly the same title. The link works even if the title is changed.

EN is different to a normal file system, where changing a files name creates a new entity for the OS. 

[eric99 980]

14 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

The title does not play any role when linking.

Each note is identified by a unique identifier. It is unique even in case in the same notebook would be 2 notes with exactly the same title. The link works even if the title is changed.

EN is different to a normal file system, where changing a files name creates a new entity for the OS. 

yeah, but the only way to find all notes that refer to a specific note is by title. Unfortunately, you can't search for the url underneath...