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How can I search Thunderbird for messages without tags?

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gsoper
gsoper

I'd like to find all messages which have no tags. There seems to be no simple way to do this, is there one or can one be implemented?

I'd like to find all messages which have no tags. There seems to be no simple way to do this, is there one or can one be implemented?

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I suspect the OP is a heavy tag user and wants to find non-tagged messages anywhere.

I'd set up a Saved Search to gather all non-tagged messages.

File|New|Saved Search

select all folders

"tags" "is empty"

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Gnospen
Gnospen

The easiest way would be to sort them after tagnr or use an add-on FiltaQuilla that gives you more filter-options like tag=empty

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Zenos
Zenos

Chosen Solution

I suspect the OP is a heavy tag user and wants to find non-tagged messages anywhere.

I'd set up a Saved Search to gather all non-tagged messages.

File|New|Saved Search

select all folders

"tags" "is empty"

gsoper
gsoper Question owner

Zenos said

I suspect the OP is a heavy tag user and wants to find non-tagged messages anywhere. I'd set up a Saved Search to gather all non-tagged messages. File|New|Saved Search select all folders "tags" "is empty"

That's right but why does Saved Search have more powerful operators (such as "is empty") than the simple Search Messages dialog? With the latter, it only seems to offer "contains" or "doesn't contain" as operators for tags.

Thanks for the solution!

Gnospen
Gnospen

FiltaQuilla would give you that option in simple search.