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Enabling phonic and fuzzy searches

Last updated on 3 April 2026

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Phonic and fuzzy searches are disabled by default in a vault and you can enable them in M-Files Admin.

Note: To use this feature, your search engine must be dtSearch.

To enable phonic searches, fuzzy searches, or both:

In M-Files Admin, go to the Advanced Vault Settings section.
1. Open M-Files Admin.
2. In the left-side tree view, expand an M-Files server connection.
3. Expand Document Vaults.
4. Expand a vault.
5. Select Configurations.
6. In the navigation area, select Advanced Vault Settings.
7. Open the Configuration tab.
  Result:The advanced vault settings are shown.
Expand Search > Full-Text Search.
Set Enable Fuzzy Searching to Yes.
Set Enable Phonic Searching to Yes.
Click Save.
Use Windows Task Manager to restart the MFServer service:
1. Open the context menu for the taskbar and select Task Manager.
  Result:The Task Manager window opens.
2. Open the Services tab.
3. Open the context menu for the MFServer service and select Restart.

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