# How do I find a notebook quickly in NotebookLM?

Source: https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-find-a-notebook-in-notebooklm  
Section: Questions  
Last verified: November 2026  
Plan: Free

The NotebookLM home page shows notebooks as a grid with little filtering, which gets slow past a few dozen. The NotebookLM Ultra Exporter workspace and side panel list every notebook with a search box and filters for collections and tags, and let you pin up to 5 notebooks to the top.

## What to know

- Search matches notebook titles within the current filter.
- The side panel works from any tab, so you can jump to a notebook while reading.
- Clear titles help: start with the project or course name.

> Google changes these menus often. The item's own menu in your notebook shows what is built in today.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I search the text inside all notebooks at once?

No. NotebookLM answers within one notebook. To search across your material, export notebooks to Markdown and search the folder, for example in Obsidian.

## Related guides

- [Workspace: manage every notebook in one place](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/features/workspace)
- [Side panel: your NotebookLM library beside every tab](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/features/side-panel)
- [Export a whole NotebookLM notebook to an Obsidian vault](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/export/notebook-to-obsidian-vault)
- [How do I delete multiple sources in NotebookLM?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-delete-multiple-sources-in-notebooklm)
- [How do I save prompts in NotebookLM?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-save-prompts-in-notebooklm)
- [How do I make NotebookLM answer from only some sources?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-select-only-some-sources-in-notebooklm)