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Search inside
every file

Search file names and content, including scanned PDFs, across your whole workspace.

How it works

How unified search works

1. Type anything

Press ⌘K or Ctrl+K from anywhere. Search file names, full document content, OCR'd images, chat messages and signing requests.

2. Filter precisely

Narrow by file type, owner, date range, folder or shared status. Save filters as quick views for recurring searches.

3. Open in context

Click a result to jump directly to the file, the message or the highlighted paragraph in a PDF.

Search inside file content and scanned PDFs

Search the full content of your documents, not only file names. Scanned PDFs and images are processed by OCR, so text inside a scan becomes searchable in vBoxxCloud.

  • Full document content search
  • OCR for scanned PDFs and images
  • Results scoped to your permissions

Find a file by author, date or folder

Narrow your search by file type, owner, date range, folder or shared status. Save filters as quick views for the searches you run regularly in vBoxxCloud.

  • Filter by owner and date range
  • Filter by folder and file type
  • Save filters as quick views

Open search from anywhere with ⌘K or Ctrl+K

Press ⌘K or Ctrl+K from anywhere in vBoxxCloud to open search. Find file names, full document content, OCR'd images, chat messages and signing requests in one place.

  • Opens from anywhere in vBoxxCloud
  • Files, chat messages and signing requests
  • One search bar for your workspace
Use cases

Search in practice

Legal and compliance

Find every clause matching a specific phrase across thousands of contracts, including scanned PDFs.

Support

Locate a customer's signed agreement and the related chat thread in one query.

Knowledge work

Search by author, date or folder to find that proposal from last quarter without remembering the exact title.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does search work inside PDFs?
Yes. Born-digital PDFs are indexed at upload. Scanned PDFs and images are processed by OCR (Dutch, English, German, French, Danish) and become fully searchable within minutes.
Can users see results they don't have access to?
No. Every query is filtered server-side against the user's permissions. Unauthorised file titles, paths and snippets are never returned.
How fast is search?
Most queries return in under 200 ms on workspaces with up to one million files. Larger workspaces use sharded indexes to maintain sub-second performance.
Are searches logged?
Search activity is logged for security audit and abuse detection, accessible only to workspace admins. Query content is retained for 30 days.
Can I search inside email attachments stored in vBoxxCloud?
Yes. Any file in your workspace is indexed, including attachments saved from email.
Is search included on all plans?
Yes. Full-text search, OCR and unified chat/file search are included on every paid plan.

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