# Searching Pod Logs in the desktop app
**URL:** https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/searching-pod-logs-in-the-desktop-app/6130
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [June 2, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/searching-pod-logs-in-the-desktop-app/6130 "2025-06-02T06:21:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@javajoe](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/javajoe)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/searching-pod-logs-in-the-desktop-app/6130/1 "2025-06-02T06:21:37Z")
When searching in the pod logs, looking for a phrase like “some error happened” then the search finds “some” or “error” etc
wrapping in quotes, single or double does not seem to make a difference
How can I search more then just single words?
My workaround is to download all the logs and use local tools
I am using a mac m3 with the following version
Lens: 2025.5.81206-latest
Electron: 35.2.1
Chrome: 134.0.6998.205
Node: 22.14.0
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### Author:  [@tkudinov](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/tkudinov)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/searching-pod-logs-in-the-desktop-app/6130/2 "2025-06-02T06:29:03Z")
Hello @javajoe,
Thank you for reaching out to Lens Forum!
I’ll let the dev team regarding your question.
Best Regards,
Tikhon Kudinov
Lens Support Engineer
Mirantis, Inc
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### Author:  [@phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/phorsmalahti)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/searching-pod-logs-in-the-desktop-app/6130/3 "2025-06-02T06:39:16Z")
For now the workaround is to use Regular expression search by toggling on the regular expression icon from the search toolbar.