The different ways you can find data

When searching in SharePoint, you have two main ways to find data:

• Via the site
• Via the list or library

Besides searching, you also have the ability to find things by using Filtering.

Let's look at all three of these ways.

How to use list/library filtering

Instead of searching, you may want to filter the list or library by the metadata columns in the list or library. To do so, click on the drop-down arrow of the column you want to filter by, hover over Filter By, and choose from the options:

To release the filter, hover over the column, click on the dropdown, and choose Clear filters. Repeat to clear any and all filters you want to clear.

You can filter multiple columns at once...