# Saved Searches

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	This page provides docs about how Saved Searches work with Sourcegraph.
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Saved Searches lets you reuse and share search queries. You can create a saved search for anything, including diffs and commits across all branches of your repositories.

Saved Searches functionality is available to both Free and Enterprise Code Search users. To access or create new Saved Searches in the Sourcegraph web app, click the **Tools > Saved Searches** in the top navigation bar.

![saved-searhces](https://storage.googleapis.com/sourcegraph-assets/Docs/saved-searches-2025.png)

## Creating saved searches

To create a new saved search:

-   Go to the Saved Searches section and click the **New saved search** button
-   Fill out the description field and enter the search query
-   While writing the query syntax, ensure to include the `patternType:` field

A `patternType:` filter is required in the query for all saved searches. `patternType` can be `keyword`, `standard`, `literal`, or `regexp`. You cannot create a saved search without defining the `patternType:` field.

![create-new-saved-search](https://storage.googleapis.com/sourcegraph-assets/Docs/create-new-saved-search-2025.png)

Enable the checkbox for **Draft** if you don't want other users to use your saved search. This is useful for testing the query before sharing it with others. Once done, click the **Create saved search** button to be redirected to the Saved Searches page.

Your saved search will appear with a `Secret` label, which means that only you can view and use it. To let others use your saved search, you need to transfer it to an organization and ask the site admin to make it public.

In addition, you can also search within your saved searches and sort your saved searches by name, recently updated, and description.

![view-saved-searches](https://storage.googleapis.com/sourcegraph-assets/Docs/view-saved-searches-0824.png)

### Transfer ownership

To transfer ownership of a saved search, click the **Edit** button next to it, click the **Transfer ownership** button, and select the organization to which you want to transfer the saved search.

![transfer-ownership](https://storage.googleapis.com/sourcegraph-assets/Docs/transfer-ownership-saved-search-2025.png)

## Example saved searches

See the [search examples page](/code-search/queries/examples) for a useful list of searches to save.