diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
index 96af2218..9aa96066 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@
     width: 50vw !important;
 }
 
+.searchConfig {
+    width: 50px;
+    color: var(--toolbar-text-color);
+    filter: brightness(0.5);
+    margin-inline-end: 5px;
+}
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
index b95e98a4..ae6a9851 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
                 <mat-label>
                     Search <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
                 </mat-label>
+                <input *ngIf="searchStringFromConfig" matInput class="searchConfig" 
+                    [ngModel]="searchStringFromConfig" disabled="true" 
+                    matTooltip="Remove from widget preferences">
                 <input #searchSnippets matInput type="text" [(ngModel)]="searchString">
-                <!-- <button mat-button *ngIf="searchString" matSuffix mat-icon-button aria-label="Clear"
-                    (click)="searchString=''">
-                    <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
-                </button> -->
             </mat-form-field>
         </span>
         <span>
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
index 5254070f..cfa6af46 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,30 @@ describe('SearchWindowComponent', () => {
 
   [
     undefined,
-    {
-      general: { type: 'logbook', title: 'Logbook view' },
-      filter: { targetId: 'id' }
-    } as WidgetItemConfig,
+    {config: 
+      {
+        general: { type: 'logbook', title: 'Logbook view' },
+        filter: { targetId: 'id' }
+      } as WidgetItemConfig,
+      searchStringFromConfig: '',
+      configOut: 
+      {
+        general: { type: 'logbook', title: 'Logbook view' },
+        filter: { targetId: 'id' }
+      } as WidgetItemConfig,
+    },
+    {config: 
+      {
+        general: { type: 'logbook', title: 'Logbook view' },
+        filter: { targetId: 'id', tags: ['a', 'b'], excludeTags: ['c', 'd'] }
+      } as WidgetItemConfig,
+      searchStringFromConfig: '-#c -#d #a #b',
+      configOut: 
+      {
+        general: { type: 'logbook', title: 'Logbook view' },
+        filter: { targetId: 'id' }
+      } as WidgetItemConfig,
+    }
   ].forEach((t, i) => {
     it(`should _prepareConfig ${i}`, () => {
       const defaultConfig = {
@@ -117,8 +137,41 @@ describe('SearchWindowComponent', () => {
         }
       };
       if (t)
-        component.configsArray = [{ cols: 0, rows: 1, y: 2, x: 3, config: t }];
-      expect(component["_prepareConfig"]()).toEqual(t ?? defaultConfig);
+        component.configsArray = [{ cols: 0, rows: 1, y: 2, x: 3, config: t.config }];
+      expect(component["_prepareConfig"]()).toEqual(t? t.configOut: defaultConfig);
+      if (t)
+        expect(component.searchStringFromConfig).toEqual(t.searchStringFromConfig);
+    });
+  });
+
+  [
+    {filter: {tags: ['a', 'b'], excludeTags: ['c', 'd'] }, prefix: '#', key: 'tags', output: '#a #b'},
+    {filter: {tags: ['a', 'b'], excludeTags: ['c', 'd'] }, prefix: '-#', key: 'excludeTags', output: '-#c -#d'},
+  ].forEach((t, i) => {
+    it(`should tagsToString ${i}`, () => {
+      expect(component['tagsToString'](t.filter, t.key, t.prefix)).toEqual(t.output);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should composeSearchString', () => {
+    const tagFilter = {tags: ['a', 'b'], excludeTags: ['c', 'd'] };
+    expect(component['composeSearchString'](tagFilter)).toEqual('-#c -#d #a #b');
+  });
+
+  [
+    {searchString: '', searchStringFromConfig: '', output: ''},
+    {searchString: ' ', searchStringFromConfig: ' ', output: ''},
+    {searchString: ' ', searchStringFromConfig: 'def', output: 'def'},
+    {searchString: 'abc', searchStringFromConfig: '', output: 'abc'},
+    {searchString: 'abc', searchStringFromConfig: ' ', output: 'abc'},
+    {searchString: 'abc', searchStringFromConfig: 'def', output: 'abc def'},
+    {searchString: 'abc', searchStringFromConfig: 'def ', output: 'abc def'},
+    {searchString: ' abc', searchStringFromConfig: 'def ', output: 'abc def'},
+  ].forEach((t, i) => {
+    it(`should concatSearchStrings ${i}`, () => {
+      component.searchString = t.searchString;
+      component.searchStringFromConfig = t.searchStringFromConfig;
+      expect(component['concatSearchStrings']()).toEqual(t.output);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
index 7a7f243c..5eb75eec 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
   _sample_user: string = "";
   subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];
   logbookId?: string;
+  searchStringFromConfig = '';
 
   constructor(
     public userPreferences: UserPreferencesService,
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
   submitSearch() {
     this.searched = this.searchString;
     if (this.logbookId) {
-      this.searchScrollService.reset(this.searchString);
+      this.searchScrollService.reset(this.concatSearchStrings());
       return
     }
     this.logbookIconScrollService.reset(this.searchString);
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
     this.closeSearch();
   }
 
+  private concatSearchStrings(): string {
+    return `${this.searchString} ${this.searchStringFromConfig}`.trim();
+  }
+
   private async _initialize_help() {
 
     this._sample_user = this.userPreferences.userInfo.username;
@@ -141,7 +146,10 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   private _prepareConfig() {
-    return this._extractConfig() ?? this.defaultConfig;
+    const config = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._extractConfig() ?? this.defaultConfig));
+    if (config.filter?.tags || config.filter?.excludeTags)
+      this.searchStringFromConfig = this.composeSearchString(config.filter);
+    return config;
   }
 
   private _extractConfig() {
@@ -152,6 +160,16 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
     )?.[0]?.config;
   }
 
+  private tagsToString(configFilter: WidgetItemConfig['filter'], tagKey: string, prefix: string) {
+    const tagsString = `${configFilter?.[tagKey]?.length > 0? `${prefix}` + configFilter?.[tagKey].join(` ${prefix}`): ''}`
+    delete configFilter[tagKey]
+    return tagsString
+  }
+
+  private composeSearchString(configFilter: WidgetItemConfig['filter']) {
+    return `${this.tagsToString(configFilter, 'excludeTags', '-#')} ${this.tagsToString(configFilter, 'tags', '#')}`.trim();
+  }
+
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
     //Called once, before the instance is destroyed.
     //Add 'implements OnDestroy' to the class.