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title: Global search displays your most recent search queries and results in Next Experience UI
description: When you select the empty Unified Navigation search field, the system displays lists showing your most recent search queries and your most recently viewed search results. Select a Recently Searched query to repeat it, or select a Recently Viewed search result record to navigate to it.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/global-search-recent-queries-results.html
release: australia
product: Search Administration
classification: search-administration
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Global search finds records from multiple tables, Zing text indexing and search engine, Search administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Global search displays your most recent search queries and results in Next Experience UI

When you select the empty Unified Navigation search field, the system displays lists showing your most recent search queries and your most recently viewed search results. Select a **Recently Searched** query to repeat it, or select a **Recently Viewed** search result record to navigate to it.

The **Recently Searched** and **Recently Viewed** lists appear below the Unified Navigation search field.

\[Omitted image "pol-search-recent-srch-view.png"\] Alt text: Unified Navigation search field showing Recently Searched and Recently Viewed lists.

The **Recently Searched** list shows the most recent search queries from your personal search history. This list only appears when your search history includes previous search queries.

The **Recently Viewed** list shows the most recently viewed search results from your personal search history. This list only appears when your search history includes previously viewed search results.

**Parent Topic:**[Global search finds records from multiple tables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/c_GlobalTextSearch.md)

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