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title: "Filters and search - Auto-Respond Docs"
description: "Narrow the Leads table using the toolbar filters, customer-name search, and the reset button."
source: https://auto-respond.com/docs/leads/filters-and-search/
last_updated: 2026-04-21
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A visual guide to the Filters and search documentation, covering the setup, configuration, and workflow details explained on this page. Documentation illustration for Filters and search.

# Filters and search

The toolbar above the Leads table lets you narrow the list to the leads you care about right now - one platform, one location, one status, or a specific customer. All filters combine (they’re AND’d together), and your choices stick in your browser across refreshes.

## Getting here

In Auto-Respond, go to **Leads**. The filter toolbar sits above the table. On mobile, tap the hamburger icon to open the filters panel.

## The filters

### Source type

A multi-select chip row with every platform Auto-Respond supports:

- Yelp
- Thumbtack
- Facebook Messenger
- Facebook Lead Ads
- Instagram
- Google Local Ads

Pick one chip to see only that platform, or pick several to see a combined view. Leave all chips off to include every platform.

### Location / Source

A multi-select of your connected sources. If you have three Yelp locations and one Thumbtack Pro account, each one appears here. Use it to focus on a single location or group of locations.

### Customer name search

A text box that matches on the customer’s name. The search is a **prefix match** - typing “Ja” finds “Jamie”, “Jason”, “Javier”, etc., but not “Rajan”. The search runs about a second after you stop typing so it doesn’t fire on every keystroke.

### Contact info

A three-state toggle:

- **Has contact info** - show only leads where the customer has shared a phone number or email.
- **No contact info** - show only leads with no phone or email yet.
- **Any** - include both (the default).

Useful for spotting leads that are ready for a call versus leads you still need to collect contact details from.

### Lead status

A multi-select of the seven statuses. Pick any combination to filter by status - for example, **Follow-up** + **Meeting** to see what needs your attention today, or **No Answer** to find leads still waiting for a first reply.

See [Lead Statuses](https://auto-respond.com/docs/leads/statuses/) for what each status means.

### AI status

Filter by whether the AI assistant is currently handling the conversation:

- **AI enabled** - conversations where the AI is active on this lead.
- **AI disabled** - conversations where the AI has been turned off for this lead.
- **Any** - both (the default).

This filter is only meaningful on sources where the AI is configured to send more than one message - the **AI Conversation** toggle in the lead dialog controls this per-lead.

### Reset all filters

A button in the toolbar that clears every filter back to default in one click.

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**Filters persist.** Your current filter selections are saved in your browser. If you refresh the page or come back tomorrow, the Leads table opens with the same filters applied. Click **Reset all filters** to start fresh.

## How filters combine

All filters are applied together. For example, if you pick **Source type: Yelp**, **Location: Downtown Studio**, **Lead status: No Answer**, and type “Sam” in the search box, you’ll see only Yelp leads from the Downtown Studio location whose customer name starts with “Sam” and who haven’t been answered yet.

## Mark all as read and filtering

The **Mark all as read** button above the table applies to **every lead that matches the current filters**. If you want to mark only one platform’s leads as read, filter to that platform first, then click **Mark all as read**.

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Questions? Email <support@auto-respond.com>.

Last updated: April 21, 2026
