I pressed the delete key by accident when searching for a series, search can no longer finds the series

Sonarr 2.0.0.4949 - Aug 12 2017
Win10 Pro 64:

I was searching for a series via the +Add Series tab. I started typing in a partial name and some results came up. I hit the DELete key by accident and the search results went away, leaving a blank screen. I can no longer find those series via the +Add Series search. I even tried it a second time with a different search and watched as I pressed the delete key, saw the new results disappear, and now I can’t pull THOSE results up via a search either.

I’ve enabled the Debug function now, but this appears to be a deliberate feature and not a bug, and if so, I just need to know how to undo the removal of the results from the +Add Series search. Seems like an esoteric feature to me, but if it exists, there is likely a way to undo it.

Thanks in advance.

There isn’t a feature that allows you to hide search results in Sonarr. It’s not exactly clear what you’re seeing though.

Thank you for the reply. Sorry I wasn’t clear, but I’m not sure I can do better. I found a way around it, but I’m not sure my explanation of that will be any better.

I was able to bypass the issue enough to do what I wanted.

I pressed +ADD SERIES. Say I searched for, “WordOne WordTwo” and I typed in, “WordOne W”. Nothing at all would come up. If I typed in the whole thing, “WordOne WordTwo”, then the series would come up. I think I had, “WordOne W” typed in when I hit the delete key, which seemed to be the cause of the issue.

If I searched on just, “WordOne”, it would come up with a bunch of other series, but not, “WordOne WordTwo”. Just an odd thing to have happen.

I was able to bypass both ‘deleted’ searches in this way. Thankfully, typing in the name exactly makes it come up. Weird.

It’s just how the search functions, partial matches are unreliable due to how TVDB’s searching works.

Thanks! With this knowledge, I went back and experimented more with the DELete key. Yeah, the clearing of the screen when you press the DELete key is of no lasting consequence. I was afraid to mess too much, not knowing if it could be reversed.

My ‘problem’ was a big nothing. Thanks for answering my question.

Whew glad to hear it’s just partial searches not working.

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