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# Set a search context as default

# Set a search context as default {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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If you use the contextual search REST API and don't specify which search context to use, the API uses the search context that you have set as default. The search context that you use in the API takes preference over the one
marked as default.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllContextual SearchSearch Contexts.
2. Open the search context record that you want to set as default.
3. Select Set As Default.  

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