Browser Search App
The Browser Search App lets you search through your browser bookmarks and browsing history directly from Fluent Search. Locate a page you visited earlier, open a bookmarked internal tool, or jump to a frequently used site — all without touching your browser first.
What it searches
- Browsing history — Pages you've visited, searchable by title and URL
- Bookmarks — All bookmarks across all detected browser profiles
- Bookmark folders — Each bookmark folder becomes a searchable tag
- Browser search engines — Custom search engines saved in your browser (like YouTube search or Wikipedia search) are imported as search tags you can use in Fluent Search
Supported browsers
Fluent Search automatically detects installed browsers and their profiles:
| Browser | Supported |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Edge | ✓ (including Beta, Dev, and Canary channels) |
| Google Chrome | ✓ (including Beta) |
| Brave | ✓ |
| Vivaldi | ✓ |
| Opera | ✓ |
| Firefox | ✓ |
Multiple profiles per browser are supported (up to 4 per browser by default).
Search Tags
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
browser |
Search across all browser data (history + bookmarks) |
history |
Search browsing history only |
bookmark |
Search bookmarks only |
| (bookmark folder names) | A tag is created for each bookmark folder (for example, Work, Recipes) |
| (browser search engine keywords) | Tags from search engines saved in your browser (for example, YouTube, Wikipedia) |
To use: Type the tag name → press Tab → type your query.
Example: Type bookmark → Tab → project wiki to search only your bookmarks for "project wiki."
Result actions
| Action | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Open Webpage | Ctrl + 1 |
Opens the URL in your default browser |
| Copy URL | Ctrl + C |
Copies the URL to clipboard |
| Search | Ctrl + E |
Redirects the URL into a Fluent Search query |
| Summarize | — | AI-powered summary of the page (when AI features are enabled) |
Results include the page title, URL, and the site's favicon (loaded from the browser's favicon cache for fast display).
Profile management
Fluent Search automatically detects browser profiles on your system. You can manage which profiles are included:
- Go to Settings → Apps → Browser → Profiles
- Toggle individual profiles on or off
- To add a profile that wasn't auto-detected, click Add Profile and provide:
- Browser Type — The browser engine (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, etc.)
- Profile Name — A label for display
- Profile Path — The filesystem path to the browser profile directory
Settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Suggest tags from websites and bookmarks | Automatically create search tags from your most-visited sites and bookmark folders | On |
| Browser Apps Paths | Override or add paths to Chromium/Firefox installations for detection | Auto-detected |
To access: Settings → Apps → Browser.
How it works
Fluent Search reads your browser's local database files (history, bookmarks, and favicons) directly from disk. This means:
- Fast — No browser extension required; data is read from SQLite databases
- Private — All processing happens locally on your device
- Multi-browser — Search across all your browsers and profiles in one query
Note about open tabs: The Browser Search App searches your history and bookmarks. If you want to search currently open browser tabs, enable Search in app content in the Windows Search App.
Tips
- Results can be sorted by last visit date, so recent pages appear first
- Use the
historytag when you remember visiting a page but can't recall its name — just type keywords from the page title or URL - Bookmark folder tags are a powerful way to organize and access categorized bookmarks — for example, type
Work+Tabto search only your "Work" bookmarks folder - If your browser stores search engine shortcuts (like
yfor YouTube Search), those become Fluent Search tags too — type the keyword +Tab+ your search query