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Search

Save time by using Search, SmartBox, and Find on page to quickly find answers to your questions.

The SmartBox can help you enter addresses and search for information with Yandex.

  1. Enter a search query, address, or name of a website in the SmartBox.
  2. Tap Search.

The app determines what you need (a site or a search results page) and shows you the results. The results open in a new tab.

Note

If you don't want your search queries and visited websites to be saved in history, enable Incognito mode.

Suggestions

There are search suggestions under the SmartBox. You can tap them to find things faster:

  • : Most frequent search queries.
  • : Sites that you've already visited.

To disable suggestion history:

  1. On the home screen of the app, tap → App settings.
  2. Under General, disable "Search history" in suggestions.
  1. On the home screen of the app, tap → Settings → Privacy.
  2. Disable the Save history option.

Search settings

Search suggestions when selecting text
  1. On the home screen of the app, tap → App settings.
  2. Under General, enable or disable Contextual search suggestions.

When you select text on a page, a quick search button appears.

Search bar in notifications

Note

The Translate tool is only available on Android devices.

  1. On the home screen of the app, tap → App settings.
  2. Under Notifications, enable or disable Search bar.

It allows you to use search directly from the notification panel.

Find on page

  1. While on the site, tap to the right of the SmartBox.
  2. Tap Search text.
  3. Enter a word or phrase to search for.

The browser shows you all the matching words on the page. To browse the search results, use and . To close the search, tap on the left.

  1. Tap and hold the link.
  2. In the context menu, select Copy link.
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