diff --git a/ui/app/components/History.vue b/ui/app/components/History.vue
index ebf9be3a..7e97625f 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/History.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/History.vue
@@ -415,6 +415,20 @@
       <Message message_class="is-warning" title="Filter results" icon="fas fa-search" :useClose="true"
         @close="() => emitter('clear_search')" v-if="query" :newStyle="true">
         <span class="is-block">No results found for '<span class="is-underlined is-bold">{{ query }}</span>'.</span>
+        <hr>
+        <p>
+          You can search using any value shown in the item’s <code><span class="icon"><i
+              class="fa-solid fa-info-circle" /></span> Local Information</code>. You can also do a targeted search
+          using <code><u>key</u>:value</code>.
+        </p>
+
+        <h5>Examples:</h5>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li><code>youtube.com</code> - items containing that text</li>
+          <li><code>is_live:true</code> - only live downloads</li>
+          <li><code>source_name:task_name</code> - items added by the specified task.</li>
+        </ul>
       </Message>
       <Message message_class="is-primary" title="No items" icon="fas fa-exclamation-triangle"
         v-else-if="socket.isConnected" :new-style="true">
@@ -463,6 +477,7 @@ import moment from 'moment'
 import { useStorage, useIntersectionObserver } from '@vueuse/core'
 import type { StoreItem } from '~/types/store'
 import { useConfirm } from '~/composables/useConfirm'
+import { deepIncludes } from '~/utils'
 
 const emitter = defineEmits<{
   (e: 'getInfo', url: string, preset: string, cli: string): void
@@ -578,9 +593,7 @@ const filterItem = (item: StoreItem) => {
   if (!q) {
     return true
   }
-  return Object.values(item).some(v =>
-    typeof v === 'string' && v.toLowerCase().includes(q)
-  )
+  return deepIncludes(item, q, new WeakSet())
 }
 
 watch(masterSelectAll, (value) => {
diff --git a/ui/app/components/Queue.vue b/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
index d2aafa29..1fd6beb8 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
@@ -284,6 +284,20 @@
       <Message message_class="is-warning" title="Filter results" :newStyle="true" icon="fas fa-search" :useClose="true"
         @close="() => emitter('clear_search')" v-if="query">
         <span class="is-block">No results found for '<span class="is-underlined is-bold">{{ query }}</span>'.</span>
+        <hr>
+        <p>
+          You can search using any value shown in the item’s <code><span class="icon"><i
+              class="fa-solid fa-info-circle" /></span> Local Information</code>. You can also do a targeted search
+          using <code><u>key</u>:value</code>.
+        </p>
+
+        <h5>Examples:</h5>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li><code>youtube.com</code> - items containing that text</li>
+          <li><code>is_live:true</code> - only live downloads</li>
+          <li><code>source_name:task_name</code> - items added by the specified task.</li>
+        </ul>
       </Message>
       <Message message_class="is-info" title="No items" icon="fas fa-exclamation-triangle" :useClose="false"
         :newStyle="true" v-else>
@@ -306,6 +320,7 @@ import moment from 'moment'
 import { useStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
 import type { StoreItem } from '~/types/store'
 import { useConfirm } from '~/composables/useConfirm'
+import { deepIncludes } from '~/utils'
 
 const emitter = defineEmits<{
   (e: 'getInfo', url: string, preset: string, cli: string): void
@@ -349,9 +364,7 @@ const filteredItems = computed<StoreItem[]>(() => {
   if (!q) {
     return Object.values(stateStore.queue)
   }
-  return Object.values(stateStore.queue).filter((i: StoreItem) =>
-    Object.values(i).some(v => typeof v === 'string' && v.toLowerCase().includes(q))
-  )
+  return Object.values(stateStore.queue).filter((i: StoreItem) => deepIncludes(i, q, new WeakSet()))
 })
 
 const hasSelected = computed(() => 0 < selectedElms.value.length)
diff --git a/ui/app/utils/index.ts b/ui/app/utils/index.ts
index 420c466f..7ab90325 100644
--- a/ui/app/utils/index.ts
+++ b/ui/app/utils/index.ts
@@ -719,10 +719,82 @@ const shortPath = (path: string, prefix: string = '...'): string => {
   return `${prefix}/${parts.at(-1)}${hasTrailingSlash ? '/' : ''}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Recursively test if a value (including nested objects/arrays) contains a query string.
+ * - Plain queries match keys or values (case-insensitive).
+ * - key:value queries require the value to be under a matching key in the path.
+ *
+ * @param value - Value to search within.
+ * @param query - Raw query string.
+ * @param seen - Optional WeakSet to prevent circular reference loops.
+ * @param kv - Internal: parsed key/value pair when using key:value mode.
+ * @param keyMatched - Internal: whether current recursion path matched the key.
+ */
+const deepIncludes = (
+  value: unknown,
+  query: string,
+  seen: WeakSet<object> = new WeakSet(),
+  kv: { key: string; val: string } | null = null,
+  keyMatched: boolean = false
+): boolean => {
+  const normalized = query.trim().toLowerCase()
+  if (!normalized || null === value || undefined === value) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const pair = kv ?? (() => {
+    const idx = normalized.indexOf(':')
+    if (idx <= 0 || idx >= normalized.length - 1) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const key = normalized.slice(0, idx).trim()
+    const val = normalized.slice(idx + 1).trim()
+    if (!key || !val) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return { key, val }
+  })()
+
+  const matchPrimitive = (val: unknown, q: string): boolean => String(val).toLowerCase().includes(q)
+
+  if (typeof value === 'string' || typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'boolean') {
+    if (!pair) {
+      return matchPrimitive(value, normalized)
+    }
+    return keyMatched && matchPrimitive(value, pair.val)
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.some(entry => deepIncludes(entry, normalized, seen, pair, keyMatched))
+  }
+
+  if ('object' === typeof value) {
+    const obj = value as Record<string, unknown>
+    if (seen.has(obj)) {
+      return false
+    }
+    seen.add(obj)
+    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+      const keyLower = key.toLowerCase()
+
+      if (!pair && keyLower.includes(normalized)) {
+        return true
+      }
+
+      const nextKeyMatched = pair ? keyMatched || keyLower.includes(pair.key) : keyMatched
+      if (deepIncludes(val, normalized, seen, pair, nextKeyMatched)) {
+        return true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
+
 export {
   separators, convertCliOptions, getSeparatorsName, iTrim, eTrim, sTrim, ucFirst,
   getValue, ag, ag_set, awaitElement, r, copyText, dEvent, makePagination, encodePath,
   request, removeANSIColors, dec2hex, makeId, basename, dirname, getQueryParams,
   makeDownload, formatBytes, has_data, toggleClass, cleanObject, uri, formatTime,
-  sleep, awaiter, encode, decode, disableOpacity, enableOpacity, stripPath, shortPath
+  sleep, awaiter, encode, decode, disableOpacity, enableOpacity, stripPath, shortPath, deepIncludes
 }
diff --git a/ui/pnpm-lock.yaml b/ui/pnpm-lock.yaml
index d6383228..f05195ac 100644
--- a/ui/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/ui/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1267,8 +1267,8 @@ packages:
   '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.53':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vENRlFU4YbrwVqNDZ7fLvy+JR1CRkyr01jhSiDpE1u6py3OMzQfztQU2jxykW3ALNxO4kSlqIDeYyD0Y9RcQeQ==}
 
-  '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.57':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-aQNelgx14tGA+n2tNSa9x6/jeoCL9fkDeCei7nOKnHx0fEFRRMu5ReiITo+zZD5TzWDGGRjbSYCs93IfRIyTuQ==}
+  '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.9-commit.d91dfb5':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-8sExkWRK+zVybw3+2/kBkYBFeLnEUWz1fT7BLHplpzmtqkOfTbAQ9gkt4pzwGIIZmg4Qn5US5ACjUBenrhezwQ==}
 
   '@rollup/plugin-alias@5.1.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-PR9zDb+rOzkRb2VD+EuKB7UC41vU5DIwZ5qqCpk0KJudcWAyi8rvYOhS7+L5aZCspw1stTViLgN5v6FF1p5cgQ==}
@@ -1467,8 +1467,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-TeheYy0ILzBEI/CO55CP6zJCSdSWeRtGnHy8U8dWSUH4I68iqTsy7HkMktR4xakThc9jotkPQUXT4ITdbV7cHA==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
-  '@sindresorhus/is@7.1.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rO92VvpgMc3kfiTjGT52LEtJ8Yc5kCWhZjLQ3LwlA4pSgPpQO7bVpYXParOD8Jwf+cVQECJo3yP/4I8aZtUQTQ==}
+  '@sindresorhus/is@7.2.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-P1Cz1dWaFfR4IR+U13mqqiGsLFf1KbayybWwdd2vfctdV6hDpUkgCY0nKOLLTMSoRd/jJNjtbqzf13K8DCCXQw==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
   '@sindresorhus/merge-streams@4.0.0':
@@ -4087,8 +4087,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bLVMLPtstlZ4iMQHpFHTR7GAGj2jxi8Dg0s2h2MafAE4uSWF98FC/3MomU51iQAMf8/qDUbKWf5GxuvvVcXEhw==}
     engines: {node: '>=20'}
 
-  ts-api-utils@2.1.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-CUgTZL1irw8u29bzrOD/nH85jqyc74D6SshFgujOIA7osm2Rz7dYH77agkx7H4FBNxDq7Cjf+IjaX/8zwFW+ZQ==}
+  ts-api-utils@2.3.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6eg3Y9SF7SsAvGzRHQvvc1skDAhwI4YQ32ui1scxD1Ccr0G5qIIbUBT3pFTKX8kmWIQClHobtUdNuaBgwdfdWg==}
     engines: {node: '>=18.12'}
     peerDependencies:
       typescript: '>=4.8.4'
@@ -5793,14 +5793,14 @@ snapshots:
   '@poppinss/dumper@0.6.5':
     dependencies:
       '@poppinss/colors': 4.1.6
-      '@sindresorhus/is': 7.1.1
+      '@sindresorhus/is': 7.2.0
       supports-color: 10.2.2
 
   '@poppinss/exception@1.2.3': {}
 
   '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.53': {}
 
-  '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.57': {}
+  '@rolldown/pluginutils@1.0.0-beta.9-commit.d91dfb5': {}
 
   '@rollup/plugin-alias@5.1.1(rollup@4.54.0)':
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -5933,7 +5933,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@sindresorhus/base62@1.0.0': {}
 
-  '@sindresorhus/is@7.1.1': {}
+  '@sindresorhus/is@7.2.0': {}
 
   '@sindresorhus/merge-streams@4.0.0': {}
 
@@ -5993,7 +5993,7 @@ snapshots:
       eslint: 9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1)
       ignore: 7.0.5
       natural-compare: 1.4.0
-      ts-api-utils: 2.1.0(typescript@5.9.3)
+      ts-api-utils: 2.3.0(typescript@5.9.3)
       typescript: 5.9.3
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -6035,7 +6035,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@typescript-eslint/utils': 8.50.1(eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1))(typescript@5.9.3)
       debug: 4.4.3
       eslint: 9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1)
-      ts-api-utils: 2.1.0(typescript@5.9.3)
+      ts-api-utils: 2.3.0(typescript@5.9.3)
       typescript: 5.9.3
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -6052,7 +6052,7 @@ snapshots:
       minimatch: 9.0.5
       semver: 7.7.3
       tinyglobby: 0.2.15
-      ts-api-utils: 2.1.0(typescript@5.9.3)
+      ts-api-utils: 2.3.0(typescript@5.9.3)
       typescript: 5.9.3
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -6162,7 +6162,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@babel/core': 7.28.5
       '@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript': 7.27.1(@babel/core@7.28.5)
       '@babel/plugin-transform-typescript': 7.28.5(@babel/core@7.28.5)
-      '@rolldown/pluginutils': 1.0.0-beta.57
+      '@rolldown/pluginutils': 1.0.0-beta.9-commit.d91dfb5
       '@vue/babel-plugin-jsx': 2.0.1(@babel/core@7.28.5)
       vite: 7.3.0(@types/node@22.18.1)(jiti@2.6.1)(terser@5.44.1)(yaml@2.8.2)
       vue: 3.5.26(typescript@5.9.3)
@@ -8890,7 +8890,7 @@ snapshots:
       punycode: 2.3.1
     optional: true
 
-  ts-api-utils@2.1.0(typescript@5.9.3):
+  ts-api-utils@2.3.0(typescript@5.9.3):
     dependencies:
       typescript: 5.9.3