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title: "Search the logs | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn how to search logs"
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# Search the logs

If you are already familiar with your logs and know the structure, you can quickly spot anomalies or errors by searching for specific keywords.

To search the logs, perform the following steps:

1. On the **Logs** tab, review the **Log volume** dashboard and click the log legend to filter it by log level.
   
   The following example shows the `error` log level selected and all error logs listed.
2. To search for specific error logs, type a text query in the **Search in log lines** field.
   
   The following example shows search results for all error logs containing the word `red`.
3. If necessary, use the time picker located in the upper-right of the page to adjust the time range.

In the next milestone, you’ll learn to use labels and fields to continue filtering your logs.