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# Stopwords

> Stopwords

A stopword is a word that is not indexed (not included in a free-text search). Typically, this means words like *and*, *or*, *it* and *for*. The object of defining stopwords is to reduce the time required to search through the free-text index by excluding unnecessary words and to use less space in the database.

The words defined as stopwords for free-text searches are listed in the **Stopword list** table in the **Freetext search** tab of the Options screen.

## Add stopword

1. Select <i class="ph ph-sliders-horizontal" aria-hidden="true" /> **Options** in the Navigator. Then select the **Free text search** tab.

2. Click the **Add** button below the stopword list.

3. In the **New Stopwords** dialog, enter one or more stopwords. Use any non-alphabetical character as a separator, except a full stop.

4. Click **Save**.

5. A message informs you that changes to the stopword list do not have a retroactive effect. In other words, new stopwords will not apply for text entered before the stopword was specified. Click **OK**.

## Suggest stopwords

Instead of entering stopwords manually, you can let the system suggest stopwords for you.

1. Click the **Suggest** button below the stopword list.

2. A message is displayed to the effect that it can take a long time for the system to traverse the glossary and the index to find possible stopwords. Click **OK**.

3. When the system has found possible stopwords, these are displayed in the **New Stopwords** dialog. The most frequently used words in the database are displayed at the top. Check the ones you want to include as stopwords. Hold down the **CTRL** key and click the relevant stopwords.

4. Click **Save**.

5. A message is displayed to remind you that changes in the stopword list do not have a retroactive effect, which means that new stopwords will not apply to fields that were created before the stopwords were defined. Click **OK**.

## Delete stopwords

The object of deleting stopwords is to include them in free-text searches after having excluded them. To delete a stopword from the list:

1. Select the required stopword.

2. Click the **Delete** button below the stopword list.


## Related topics

- [SuperOffice.WebApi.Data.UserPreferenceStrings.Freetext](/en/api/reference/webapi/SuperOffice.WebApi.Data.UserPreferenceStrings.Freetext.md)
- [Preference section Freetext](/en/admin/user-preferences/reference/freetext.md)