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How to Find and Save Favourite Searches

The Search feature on the Explore page allows you to quickly find ads by keyword, brand, or creative detail — and with Favorite Searches, you can save your most-used queries for instant access.

If you're looking for saved filters or saved search filters, this is the feature you want. Your whole filter combination is saved with the search, so you don't need to bookmark the page or reapply anything by hand.

1. Finding Ads with Search

Go to the Explore page: https://app.gethookd.ai/explore
Click the Search field at the top of the page.
Type a keyword, brand name, or ad characteristic (e.g., Nike, protein shake, pet supplies).
Press Enter to run the search.
Use filters (e.g., Performance, Ad format) to narrow your results.

💡 Tip: Combine keywords with multiple filters to get the most relevant ads.

2. Accessing Recent Searches

When you click in the Search field, you’ll see a list of your recent searches.
Click any recent search to instantly re-run it without retyping or reapplying filters.
Recent searches update automatically as you run new searches.

3. Saving a Search as a Favorite

After entering your keyword and applying filters, click Save (the star) in the Filters bar, just left of Reset.
You'll see a Search saved successfully! message, and the button switches to Saved.
Your search — including every applied filter — is now in your Favorite searches list.

💡 Tip: If you change a filter after saving, the button goes back to Save — click it again to store the new combination.

4. Using Favorite Searches

Click the star icon at the top right of the Search bar — it's labelled Favorite searches.
Your saved searches open in a list, each one showing the filters it carries (Performance, Ad format, Niche, and so on) so you can tell them apart at a glance.
Choose any saved search to instantly run it with all its original filters.

5. Benefits of Favorite Searches

Time-saving – No need to reapply filters or re-enter search terms.
Consistency – Run the same search repeatedly for trend tracking.
Organization – Keep your most important searches one click away.

🚀 Pro Tip: Use Favorite Searches for campaigns you monitor often — like top competitors, seasonal promotions, or high-performing niches — so you can check updates in seconds.

Advanced: Manage Favorite Searches via API or MCP

Power users on the Team or Agency plan can also create, list, update, and delete saved searches programmatically — great for syncing recurring research queries from a dashboard, a Zapier flow, or an AI agent.

REST API: full CRUD on GET / POST / PUT / DELETE /api/v1/searches, protected by the searches:read and searches:write token scopes. See the Public API article for parameters and examples.
MCP (Claude and other AI agents): five tools — list_saved_searches, get_saved_search, create_saved_search, update_saved_search, delete_saved_search. Read tools are free; write tools require the searches:write scope. See the MCP article to connect.

Trying to create a saved search with a name you've already used returns a clear validation error, so you won't end up with silent duplicates.

FAQs

Where are my saved filters?

They're in Favorite searches — click the star icon at the top right of the Search bar. There's no separate "saved filters" area; a saved search already carries its full filter set.

Can I delete or rename a favorite search?

Yes! Both are just a click away. Open your Favorite searches by clicking the star icon on the top right of the Search bar, then find the saved search you want to change:

To delete it: click the ⭐ star icon next to its name — it’ll be removed right away.
To rename it: hover over the search and click the pencil (edit) icon that appears, type the new name, and press Enter to save.

That’s it — your changes take effect instantly, no need to reach out to us

Updated on: 13/08/2026

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