---
title: "Filtering Articles"
description: "Need to narrow down the list of articles with certain attributes? You can filter your articles to find what you're looking for. 🔍"
url: "https://support.helpdocs.io/article/l9zoiwsabq-filtering-articles"
category: "Managing Content"
updated_at: "2025-10-13T15:10:59Z"
---

# Filtering Articles

Need to narrow down a list of articles with specific attributes? You can use our filtering tools for your articles to find exactly what you're looking for and change some of the values super qui

### Filtering Articles

1. Head to Content
2. Click on the **Filter** button in the top right
3. Start adding filters from the dropdowns to find what you're looking for
4. *Optionally* change any values
5. Click **Find articles**

Want to be more or less specific with your searches? You can choose whether to find articles that match *some* of the conditions or force it to match *all* of the conditions.

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### Available Article Filters

Filter

Description

**Status**

Filter based on [article status](/article/oJI0ylcwEC-understanding-article-statuses).

*Published, private, draft*

**Author**

Find articles by a particular author on your account.

**Stale Status**

Filter by Stale status.

*Stale, fresh*

**Working Copy**

Filter by whether the articles have a Working Copy active or not.

*Does not have Working Copy, Had Working Copy*

**Category**

Filter by articles inside a specific category.

**Translated Status**

Filter by Translation Status and whether it's outdated or not.

*Translated, Needs translation, Translation outdated*

This filter will only appear when in [a secondary language](/article/NjjPixGLuy-translating-your-docs)

**Permission Groups**

Filter by [Permission Groups](/article/zcf0rx726v-managing-permission-groups) or [Roles](/article/CaKSeF9kSP-managing-users) you have inside your account.

**Tags**

Filter by tags added to your articles.

**Search term**

Filter by words or phrases found inside your articles.

**Updated before/after**

Filter by updated by date.

### Example Filters

If you're stuck on ideas on how to filter your content, think about the data you're looking for. We find users want to work out:

- When a set of articles were last updated
- Who is in charge of which articles
- A set of Stale articles given certain criteria

Find all published Stale articles after the 30th November

**Match**: All conditions

**Status**: Published

**Stale status**: Stale

**Updated after**: 30 November

Find all marketing content by Mila in the Marketing Permission Group updated after 17th June

**Match**: All conditions

**Permission group**: Matches all Marketing

**Author**: Mila

**Updated after**: 17th June

Find all draft content by Rebecca in the Marketing and Support Permission Groups

**Match**: All conditions

**Status**: Draft

**Permission group**: *Matches all* Marketing, Support

**Author**: Rebbeca