🔎 KeePassRX: Views and Searching

This page explains the different ways you can search and view password databases using KeePassRX.

Searching the Database

There are two modes of searching the database: exact and fuzzy. They do exactly what their name implies. Exact search (the default) only finds entries that contain the text you're searching for. This is case-insensitive. Fuzzy search will return results whose text is "similar enough" to what you typed in the search box.

• Exact: More accurate, but you must spell things correctly!
• Fuzzy: More forgiving of typos, but might return irrelevant results.

Fuzzy searching can be toggled in the app settings.

Views

KeePassRX supports viewing your password database in a few different ways:

• Default: Shows all entries in a hierarchy.
• Tags: Shows entries with tags, grouped by their tag.
• Special Categories: Shows entries grouped by KeePass Entry Template.
• 2FA Codes: Shows entries with 2FA codes, and shows the code.

Default View

The default view is All Entries, which shows the entire password database in a hierarchy: folders at the top of the list, and entries in the current group below them. Tapping on a folder will take you to that group, which can have its own folders and entries, and so on.

Search behavior:

• At database root: Searches all entries in the database.
• In a folder: Recursive search of all entries underneath the folder.

Tags View

This view shows all tags in the password database as folders, and the entries with that tag inside the folder. An entry with multiple tags will show up in all corresponding tag folders.

Search behavior:

• At tag list: Filters shown tags.
• In a tag group: Filters shown entries.

Special Categories

The special categories view (also known as template view) shows all KeePass Entry Templates in the database. Entry Templates are an extension to the KeePass format for supporting richer formats than just username + passwords. They're for things like credit cards, secure notes, etc. The app does not currently render these entries any differently, but this view makes it convenient to find these special entries.

Search behavior:

• At category list: Filters shown categories.
• In a category: Filters shown entries.

2FA Codes

The 2FA Codes view shows all entries that have two-factor authentication enabled. Two-factor authentication is also known as OTP or TOTP (one-time password, time-based one-time password). The 2FA view is different than the other view, because it directly shows entries, and also renders the current 2FA code on the entry's listing.

• Tapping an entry in this view will copy the current 2FA code.
• To view an entry details, use the entry's action bar.

KeePassRX supports standard TOTP authentication codes, as well as SteamGuard authentication codes. SteamGuard OTP can be set up using KeePassXC, assuming you have managed to extract your SteamGuard secret from the Steam app.

Search behavior:

• Always filters shown entries