(Archived) How to search for items with no tags?

[braintoniq 11]

I'm getting familiar with EN's search operators, but so far I can't figure out how to do a search for all items that have yet to be tagged with any tag.

I tried this string, "notebook:"NameOfNotebook" -tag:" but that still brought up items with tags.

Thanks,

newbie (but Premium) user who's converting their entire office to EN

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=23814&hilit=no+tag

[jefito 5,598]

This is also a Knowledge Base FAQ: http://www.evernote.com/about/kb/article/search-no-tags?lang=en.

[jbenson2 2,149]

And moving up to a more distinct case, here is how I find a note that is missing a specific tag:

notebook:Politics "Barack Obama*" -tag:"Obama Barack"

notebook:Politics "President Obama*" -tag:"Obama Barack"

[braintoniq 11]

Awesome, folks, many thanks. I was missing that * at the end. Now the search works.

Thank you much!

[blueverde 0]

I've noticed that the -tag search doesn't work on my iphone and on the website.

Any suggestion?

[jefito 5,598]

I've noticed that the -tag search doesn't work on my iphone and on the website.

Any suggestion?

The correct search string is: -tag:*

It appears to work fine on the Web. Can't speak to whether it works on the iPhone.