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title: "Searching and listing secrets"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SECC/477725657/Searching%20and%20listing%20secrets"
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> Macro (aura-html)

> ℹ️ [DECember 2023]  We have released an improved version with enhanced security of Security and Encryption for Confluence Cloud. Check out the [next steps for administrators](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SECC/pages/477727589).

## Overview

<span style="color: #262626">If you would like quick access to the secrets or forget what page contains the secret you want to access, you can search for secrets using two options.</span>

### <span style="color: #262626">Option 1 - Using the central list of secrets</span>

In the Confluence side bar menu

- choose **Secret List**

> ℹ️ You'll see a list of secrets available in the space.

- choose the secret from the list

### <span style="color: #262626">Option 2 - Using the Confluence Search box</span>

In the Confluence top menu bar

- <span style="color: #262626">choose the Search text field</span>

![image](media://009a7e19-96a9-4e63-ad3e-d6d9ec33d3a5)

- <span style="color: #221f1f">choose </span>**Advanced search**

![image](media://32f7870e-6753-4e5c-9d67-007a36cf732d)

- filter by **Type**
  - choose **Secret List**
- search for secrets by title or description

![image](media://504c0b36-c6e6-4ae6-a9fe-ac9cedaa8188)

- select the search result title to get to the detail page for the secret

## Known issue

Restored secrets do not appear in search results due to a known bug in Confluence. See [CONFCLOUD-70589](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70589).