How to search signature requests and templates in Dropbox Sign

Updated Sep 19, 2025

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You can search the documents and templates in your Dropbox Sign account by name or owner. You can also search for a document using the document’s ID.

Search documents or templates

To search your documents or templates:

  1. Log in to sign.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Documents or Templates in the left sidebar depending on what you’re searching for.
  3. Click the search bar in the upper-right.
  4. Type what you’d like to search for.
  5. Press the enter/return key on your keyboard or click the search icon (magnifying glass).

Advanced search

To further refine your search, you can add modifiers to your search query. The table below contains all the modifiers you can use to search your documents and templates.

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Note: When writing a search query using a modifier, use spaces to separate fields.

Modifier Examples
Add to: and an email address or name of a signer to search for signature requests sent to a specific person to: azhang@companyinc.com will return signature requests sent to azhang@companyinc.com to: me will return signature requests sent to you
Add from: and an email address or name of a sender to search for signature requests sent by a specific person from: azhang@companyinc.com will return signature requests sent by azhang@companyinc.com from: me will return signature requests sent by you
Add title: and a word or phrase to search for signature requests or templates with that word or phrase in the title title: lease will return signature requests and templates with “lease” in the title
Add subject: and a word or phrase to search for signature requests with that word or phrase in the subject of the email sent to signers subject: lease will return signature requests with “lease” in the subject of the email sent to signers
Add message: and a word or phrase to search for signature requests with that word or phrase in the message of the email sent to signers message: lease will return signature requests with “lease” in the message of the email sent to signers
Add metadata: and a word or phrase to search for signature requests and templates with that word or phrase in the metadata* metadata: lease will return signature requests and templates with “lease” in the metadata
Add created: and a date to search for signature requests and templates that were created on that date created: {2020-01-01+TO+2020-12-31} will return signature requests and templates created between 2020-01-01 and 2020-12-31
Add complete: and "true" to search for signature requests that all signers have signed complete: true will return signature requests that all signers have signed
Add declined: and “true” to search for signature requests that have been declined declined: true will return signature requests that have been declined
Add awaiting_my_signature: and “true” to search for signature requests that require your signature awaiting_my_signature: true will return signature requests that require your signature
Add test_mode: and “true” to search for test signature requests or templates that aren’t legally binding* test_mode: true will return test signature requests and templates that aren’t legally binding
Add filename: and a word or phrase to search for signature requests and templates created using a document with that word or phrase in the title filename: lease will return signature requests and templates created using a document with “lease” in the title
Add owner: and an email address or name to search for templates owned by a specific person owner: azhang@companyinc.com will return templates owned by azhang@companyinc.com owner: me will return templates owned by you
Add template: and a template ID to search for a specific template template: 8e34da28574049fa1fa68357fa04692 will return the template with 8e34da28574049fa1fa68357fa04692 as the template ID
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