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I can't seem to remove terms from search results any more, and I've tried every syntax I could think of. The reason I tried every syntax I could think of is bec

I can't seem to remove terms from search results any more, and I've tried every syntax I could think of. The reason I tried every syntax I could think of is because I couldn't figure out anywhere on DDG where search syntax is explained (other than !bangs.) I could have sworn there was an easily accessible page in the past that explained that.

naavis 4y ago
You open the DuckDuckGo website, select "Help" from the sidebar and write "syntax" into the search box: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sy...
- dingaling 4y ago
  The main problem I have with the syntax is that "-" doesn't remove that term from the search results. In fact I'm not sure what it does. For example, search "cats" and "cats -adopt". The second result for me in both cases is "Cats for adoption".
  - naavis 4y ago
    That is true, no arguments against that. I merely wanted to point out that it is relatively easy to find the mentioned help page.
pdimitar 4y ago
I strongly second this. Bring back manual control of search results and allow me to exclude words!