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How To Search Windows 8 App Store

Last Updated on October 12, 2020 by admin 9 Comments

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In one of our earlier posts titled how to install apps from the Windows Store, we discussed how to install apps from the Store. As Windows Store is receiving new apps regularly, this is the right time to learn how to quickly search and navigate the Store.

If you have recently installed Windows 8 and haven’t visited the Store yet, we advise you to follow our how to install apps guide. And if you have already installed some apps from the Store and know the basics, we have some tips to easily search and install your favorite apps.

To quickly search the Store without even launching the Store app, simply press Windows + Q keys to see the search pane, click on Store filter, and then type the app name to see the search result. If the search keyword matches with any of the apps in the Store, you will see the app in the search result.

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If you have already launched the Store app and want to search the Store, press Windows + Q hotkey to launch the search pane, where you can enter the app name to see the result. To see all available apps in the Store, simply type “.” in the search box and hit the enter key.

You can also filter or sort the result by category (Games, Social, Entertainment, Photos, Music & videos, Sports, Books and reference, News & weather, Health and fitness, Food and dining, Lifestyle, Shopping, Travel, Finance, Productivity, Tools, Security, Business, Education and Government), price (Free, Free and Trail, or Paid) and relevance (sort by newest, sort by highest rating, sort by lowest price, sort by name).

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And if you would like to completely disable the Store, follow instructions given in our how to disable or turn off Windows Store in Windows 8 guide.

Method 2:

Open the Windows Store app, start typing the app name to see the app name.

Filed Under: Windows 8 Guides Tagged: Metro Apps, Windows 8 Apps

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Comments

  1. Barry says

    August 24, 2015 at 11:36 am

    Suplly a permanent fix for the windows 8 app store!!! One that will really work for windows 8 users, Or supply a desk top incon so as to avoid having to use the live icon stamp in windows 8!! This muttle is a real headache!! Lets get the darn app fixed I want my apps!!!

  2. Susan says

    May 18, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Windows + Q???? Are you kidding me? How utterly stupid. Incredibly non-intuitive. Ridiculous. Major fail. #FAIL #FAIL #FAIL

  3. anon says

    January 28, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    I agree with James, absolutely no intuition to any of there apps. I guess they looked at I-tunes and thought lets create every app like this unusable heap of junk.

  4. Help me please says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Can you help me to launch windows store app as admin?

  5. James Hersey says

    April 29, 2013 at 2:53 am

    Microsoft has lost it. Having to search the Internet to learn how to search the store is ridiculous. They need to rewrite nearly every Windows 8 app

  6. admin says

    February 1, 2013 at 10:49 pm

    Thanks. That’s an awesome tip.

  7. Kade says

    February 1, 2013 at 3:04 am

    Here’s an idea – how about those wanting to search the App store on their Windows 8 PCs just type.

    If you have the App store open, and start typing, it automatically opens the search pane with the text you’re entering. Way easier than keyboard shortcuts or charms menu. Just type, it’ll search.

    You’re welcome.

  8. eric says

    December 23, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    How can tablet users search the store? (Without keyboard)

  9. klaus says

    November 2, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    thx , it works

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