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# Show or hide the search settings for your portal experience

# Show or hide the search settings for your portal experience {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Show or hide the global search functionality on the public or private pages for your
custom portal experience in UI Builder so that your users can search on
the portal.

## Before you begin

Role required: ui_builder_admin

You can control whether the global search functionality is visible to users of your
portal experience. You can enable or disable the global search for either public or
private pages.

You must be in the correct application scope to edit the experience settings. If you
are in a different scope, the experience settings are read-only. To change your
application scope, in the main header, select the application picker (![Application picker]()), and then select the application scope. For more information about the
application scope, see [Learn about security and roles](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/nq2SVpZbgN_ULCqGmLGRuQ "Set up the security and roles for your UI Builder instance.").

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllNow Experience FrameworkUI Builder.
2. Open a portal experience to work in or create an experience by selecting CreateExperience.  
   For more information, see [Configure how users interact with your applications in UI Builder](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/nDWg0NsWQpdF_OppvTVe5g "Learn what an experience is in UI Builder. Understand what an experience contains.").
3. Select Settings in the UI Builder header.  
4. Scroll down to Global search.
5. Select the Enable for public pages or Enable for private pages to show or hide the global search in public or private pages.  
   Figure 1. Portal search
6. **Optional:** Click Advanced settings to go to the ServiceNow AI Platform to make changes to the application record on the ServiceNow AI Platform®.  
   To enable or disable the search for a page, you must create a separate UX Page property. The UX Page property overrides the global search setting.
7. Click Save.
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