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  <info>
    
    <link type="guide" xref="search"/>
    
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Damilola Oladele</name>
      <email>damilolamohammed2@hotmail.com</email>
      <years>2025</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>Choose which filesystem locations are included in
    the search results.</desc>
    
    <license xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">
  <p>This work is licensed under a <link href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative
  Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</link>.</p>
</license>
   <credit type="translator copyright"><name>Andika Triwidada</name><email>andika@gmail.com</email><years>2011-2014, 2017, 2020-2025.</years></credit><credit type="translator copyright"><name>Ahmad Haris</name><email>ahmadharis1982@gmail.com</email><years>2017.</years></credit><credit type="translator copyright"><name>Rofiquzzaki</name><email>babisayabundar@gmail.com</email><years>2022.</years></credit></info>

  <title>Configure filesystem locations search</title>

  <steps>
    <title>Follow these steps to choose which filesystem locations are
    searchable from the
    <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
     overview:
     </title>
    <item>
      <p>Open the
      <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
      overview and type <gui>Search</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Search</gui></guiseq>
      from the results. This will open the <gui>Search</gui> panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Search Locations</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Toggle any filesystem location under <gui>Default Locations</gui>
      on or off.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>
  
  <steps>
    <title>To include a custom filesystem location in your search results,
    follow these steps:
    </title>
    <item>
      <p>Follow steps 1-3 above.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Under <gui>Custom Locations</gui>, click
      <gui>+ Add Location</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose the filesystem location you want to include in your
      search results.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Select</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>
