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Find files by label

Open a label to see every file carrying it, from all your folders, and recognise your labels by colour in search results.

A label's list is the reason to label anything. It gathers every file you've tagged with that label into one place, however far apart their folders are.

Open a label's files

  1. Go to Labels.

  2. Select the label's name. Its files open in a list headed with the label's colour, its name and how many files it holds.

    The list for the Board label: a purple dot, the name Board and the count 7 files at the top. Beneath it seven files, each with its uploader Eleanor Whitfield: Management Accounts - August 2026.xlsx, Bristol Depot Expansion Proposal.docx, Board Minutes - 21 July 2026.docx, Board Pack - Q2 2026.pdf, Five Year Plan 2027-2031.pdf, Board Minutes - 20 April 2026.docx and Board Pack - Q1 2026.pdf.

The list works like any other file list in Nest. Select a file to download it, switch between the Details, Grid and Compact views at the top right, and use each row's menu to star, relabel, rename, share or delete the file without leaving the label.

Labels in search results

The search bar doesn't filter by label, but it does show them. Each result carries a small dot for every one of your labels on the file, in that label's colour.

The right-hand side of Nest search results for board, reading 5 results at the top. A folder result shows only a score of 50%. Below it four file results, each with a purple dot, a size and a score: 50.9 KB at 51%, 50.9 KB at 51%, 37.4 KB at 48% and 37.4 KB at 48%.
The purple dots are the Board label. A result with no dot carries none of your labels.

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