Inbox Keyword Search

[CLOVERLEE]

How do I keyword search my Canvas messages?

This seems like a very basic functionality that is just... absent? Am I missing something? 

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

Indeed, Canvas Inbox doesn't have a keyword search feature, even though it has been requested years ago, seemingly multiple times. See, for example, [Inbox] Add search feature for Inbox/Conversations - Instructure Community Ideas.

Alternatively, it's possible to create a simple (and probably slow) search feature using the API, by looping through the conversation IDs returned in  /api/v1/conversations and then getting the body of each message in /api/v1/conversations/:id, but I agree that could have been available in the UI.

See Conversations - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation for more details.

[Syl020]

To the developers: yes please add a key word search function to Canvas!! We are using it for educational materialls and now we have to search every 'tile' and every list! Thank you!!

[DJLeo]

YES! The year is 2025 and I still cannot search my Canvas inbox by keyword... which is so useful when wanting to re-use something. The inbox does not let me CC my personal email address, and thus I have to rely on user name (or doom scrolling) when looking for an old email. Again, it's 2025, Canvas!