The Global Search gives you an overview of all contacts in your workspace. It includes both contacts that have been added to groups and contacts that remain uncategorized. By default, the search displays the first thousand contacts.
You can access the Search from the sidebar or with the shortcut Command + K.
Navigate the Search
In the Search, all your contacts are organized into separate tabs for people and companies:
In the people view, we display for each person their avatar, first name, last name, company name, job title, and primary email. We also display on the right-hand side which groups they've been added to.
In the company view, we display for each company its logo, name, number of people linked to that company, and primary URL. We also display on the right-hand side which groups it's been added to.
Search & filter
Type to search across your contacts. The search looks through:
Full name
Company name
Email addresses
Phone numbers
Addresses
Companies
Notes (public & private)
Filters
All contacts (default) - View all contacts in your workspace
Uncategorized only - Show contacts that haven't been added to any group
Actions you can take
Manually add contacts to groups
Select one or multiple contacts to add them to your groups.
To select one contact: click on the checkbox of the contact or use the keyboard shortcut "Option +
X" on Mac and "Alt +X" on WindowsTo select several contacts: Click Shift ⇧ + ⬇️ ⬆️
Then click on Add to group (or press Command + Enter on Mac, Ctrl + Enter on Windows), and add your selected contacts to one or multiple groups at once.
To unselect contacts, just press escape (esc).
Accept suggested groups
folk doesn’t just make it easy to categorize your contacts – it will do it for you!
Certain contact types are automatically detected and suggested groups will be created for the following categories in the section “Suggested groups”:
Founders, Executives, My team, Investors, Journalists
You can accept or decline the suggestions. If you accept, the contacts will be grouped accordingly.
Suggested groups appear on an ongoing basis in the workspace. When our algorithm identifies a new group, it will be instantly suggested
If declined, the group will not be suggested anymore
Before accepting the group suggested, no action can be performed on the contacts of the group
Suggested groups are suggested based on job title and emails
Clean up data
Delete contacts
Remove irrelevant or outdated contacts from your workspace.
Select one or multiple contacts
Click the "Delete" button or use the delete action from the quick actions bar
Confirm deletion
Note: Deleted contacts are permanently removed from your workspace. If you want to keep contacts for potential future use, consider leaving them uncategorized instead.
Merge duplicates
Combine duplicate contact records to maintain
Select the duplicate contacts you want to merge
Click "Merge" from the quick actions bar
Review the merge preview
Confirm the merge
Note: folk automatically merges duplicate contacts in the background. However, you can manually merge contacts at any time if needed. Learn more about how duplicate detection works.
Keyboard shortcuts
Open search page: command + K
Navigate through contacts: ⬆️ ⬇️
Select contacts: Option + X (Mac) | "Alt + X" on Windows
Select multiple contacts: Shift ⇧ + ⬆️ ⬇️ | Alt + ⬆️ ⬇️
Unselect all contacts: Esc
Open a profile: ⏎