searxng/searx/help/en/search-syntax.md
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# Search syntax
SearXNG allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language
via the search query.
Prefix `!` to set Category/engine.
Prefix: `:` to set the language.
Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with [!it !ddg !wp
qwer]($search?q=!it+!ddg+!wp+qwer)) search in IT category **and** duckduckgo
**and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
See the [preferences]($preferences) for the list of engines,
categories and languages.
## Examples
Search in wikipedia for `qwer`:
* [!wp qwer]($search?q=!wp+qwer)
* [!wikipedia qwer]($search?q=!wikipedia+qwer)
Image search:
* [!images Cthulu]($search?q=!images+Cthulu)
Custom language in wikipedia:
* [:hu !wp hackerspace]($search?q=:hu+!wp+hackerspace)