diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/local.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/local.rs
index 36f108a..e2e4a29 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/local.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/local.rs
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ pub fn notes_titles(db: State<'_, Db>) -> Result<Vec<TitleEntry>, String> {
     store::titles(&conn).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
 }
 
-#[tauri::command]
-pub fn notes_search(q: String, db: State<'_, Db>) -> Result<Vec<Note>, String> {
-    let conn = db.0.lock().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    store::search(&conn, &q).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
-}
-
 #[tauri::command]
 pub fn labels_list(db: State<'_, Db>) -> Result<Vec<Label>, String> {
     let conn = db.0.lock().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 0f7ca81..51dd52f 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ pub fn run() {
             commands::local::notes_restore_revision,
             commands::local::notes_reminders,
             commands::local::notes_titles,
-            commands::local::notes_search,
             commands::local::labels_list,
             commands::local::labels_create,
             commands::local::labels_rename,
diff --git a/frontend/src/adapters/local.ts b/frontend/src/adapters/local.ts
index ed414af..64142a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/adapters/local.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/adapters/local.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // parameters (e.g. labelIds -> label_ids). A few operations have no offline meaning
 // yet (account auth, device linking, attachment upload, URL unfurl, file import) —
 // those reject with a clear message rather than silently failing; the board, editor,
-// capture, search, filters, labels, checklists and reminders all work fully offline.
+// capture, filters, labels, checklists and reminders all work fully offline.
 
 import { invoke } from "../desktop/bridge";
 import type { Note, NoteRevision } from "../stores/notes";
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export const local: Repo = {
     restoreRevision: (id, revId) => invoke<Note>("notes_restore_revision", { id, revId }),
     reminders: () => invoke<Note[]>("notes_reminders"),
     titles: () => invoke<TitleEntry[]>("notes_titles"),
-    search: (q) => invoke<Note[]>("notes_search", { q }),
   },
 
   savedFilters: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/adapters/repo.ts b/frontend/src/adapters/repo.ts
index bdc3ca3..3573952 100644
--- a/frontend/src/adapters/repo.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/adapters/repo.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ export interface NotesRepo {
   restoreRevision(id: string, revId: string): Promise<Note>;
   reminders(): Promise<Note[]>;
   titles(): Promise<TitleEntry[]>;
-  search(q: string): Promise<Note[]>;
 }
 
 export interface SavedFiltersRepo {
diff --git a/frontend/src/adapters/rest.ts b/frontend/src/adapters/rest.ts
index 4b161a5..12efa73 100644
--- a/frontend/src/adapters/rest.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/adapters/rest.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ export const rest: Repo = {
     restoreRevision: (id, revId) => api.post<Note>(`/api/notes/${id}/revisions/${revId}/restore`),
     reminders: async () => (await api.get<{ notes: Note[] }>("/api/notes/reminders")).notes,
     titles: async () => (await api.get<{ titles: TitleEntry[] }>("/api/notes/titles")).titles,
-    search: async (q) => (await api.get<{ notes: Note[] }>(`/api/notes/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(q)}`)).notes,
   },
 
   savedFilters: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
index 0932fee..9db9c1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
-import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+import { useRoute, useRouter, type LocationQueryRaw } from "vue-router";
 import { useSessionStore } from "../stores/session";
 import { useConfigStore } from "../stores/config";
 import { useLabelsStore } from "../stores/labels";
@@ -177,21 +177,48 @@ function labelDot(color: string): string {
   return NOTE_SWATCH_CLASSES[color as NoteColor] ?? NOTE_SWATCH_CLASSES.default;
 }
 
+// The board lenses — the routes a search can happen *within*. Searching while looking
+// at Trash should search Trash, not silently move you.
+const BOARD_ROUTES = new Set(["board", "archive", "trash", "label"]);
+
+/**
+ * Search is a FACET, not a destination.
+ *
+ * It used to navigate to a `/search` view backed by a different endpoint with no
+ * facets at all — so the one screen you landed on when you searched was the one
+ * screen where you could not also narrow by tag, which is precisely what tags are
+ * for (note 2930). Now it writes `?q=` into the board's URL, beside any labels
+ * already there, and the same AND-ed query serves both.
+ *
+ * Existing facets are preserved, so "filter by #grocery, then search" and the reverse
+ * both work.
+ */
 function onSearch(value: string) {
   searchText.value = value;
   clearTimeout(searchTimer);
   searchTimer = setTimeout(() => {
     const q = searchText.value.trim();
-    if (q) router.push({ name: "search", query: { q } });
-    else if (route.name === "search") router.push("/");
+    const onBoard = BOARD_ROUTES.has(String(route.name));
+    const query: LocationQueryRaw = onBoard ? { ...route.query } : {};
+    if (q) query.q = q;
+    else delete query.q;
+    void router.push({ path: onBoard ? route.path : "/", query });
   }, 250);
 }
 
-// Clear the search box when navigating to a non-search view.
+// The URL is the filter state (see notes/facets.ts), so the box READS from it rather
+// than holding its own copy — which is also what keeps it in step with the Filters
+// panel's Clear button and with a saved view opened from the sidebar.
+watch(
+  () => route.query.q,
+  (q) => {
+    searchText.value = typeof q === "string" ? q : "";
+  },
+  { immediate: true },
+);
 watch(
   () => route.name,
-  (name) => {
-    if (name !== "search") searchText.value = "";
+  () => {
     drawer.value = false;
   },
 );
@@ -200,7 +227,7 @@ watch(
  * What to call the lens currently in view.
  *
  * Keyed off the route name rather than each view declaring its own title, so the
- * label sits in one place and can't go missing (the board and search never had one)
+ * label sits in one place and can't go missing (the board never had one)
  * or drift in styling (timeline and reminders each had their own h1).
  *
  * A label lens is named by the label itself — "Groceries" is what the user came
@@ -212,8 +239,6 @@ const lensName = computed<string>(() => {
       return "Archive";
     case "trash":
       return "Trash";
-    case "search":
-      return "Search";
     case "timeline":
       return "Timeline";
     case "reminders":
@@ -286,7 +311,7 @@ async function signOut() {
              page you navigated to — so it sits in the bar that never moves, beside
              the app name, and stays in one place while everything beneath it
              re-filters. Replaces the per-view <h1>s, which sat in a different spot
-             in each view and were absent entirely on the board and in search. -->
+             in each view and were absent entirely on the board. -->
         <span aria-live="polite" class="flex min-w-0 shrink items-center gap-2 text-sm text-neutral-400">
           <!-- The separator only makes sense next to the app name, which is itself
                hidden on narrow screens. There, the lens name simply takes the space
@@ -511,7 +536,7 @@ async function signOut() {
            BoardView, so keying on the route would remount it — blanking the board
            and refetching, which is precisely the page-change feeling this is meant
            to remove. Unkeyed, Vue only transitions when the component TYPE changes
-           (board ↔ search ↔ timeline), and moving between the board's own
+           (board ↔ timeline ↔ reminders), and moving between the board's own
            lenses stays an in-place reflow that NoteGrid animates. -->
       <main id="main" tabindex="-1" class="min-w-0 flex-1 focus:outline-none">
         <RouterView v-slot="{ Component }">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/FilterBar.vue b/frontend/src/components/FilterBar.vue
index d448977..9adcbd0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/FilterBar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/FilterBar.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { addLocalDays, formatLocalDay, parseLocalDate } from "../notes/datetime"
 import { NOTE_COLOR_KEYS, NOTE_COLOR_LABELS, NOTE_SWATCH_CLASSES, type NoteColor } from "../notes/colors";
 import Icon from "./Icon.vue";
 
-// A dead-simple facet bar over the board: text search + color + labels + has-reminder
+// A dead-simple facet bar over the board: color + labels + has-reminder
 // + has-attachment + created-date range. The URL query IS the state, so a
 // filtered board is a shareable lens and a saved view is just a link.
 const route = useRoute();
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ function toggleAttachment() {
   patch({ has_attachment: facets.value.has_attachment ? undefined : true });
 }
 
-let qTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
-function onQ(e: Event) {
-  const v = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value;
-  clearTimeout(qTimer);
-  qTimer = setTimeout(() => patch({ q: v.trim() || undefined }), 300);
-}
-
 function onFrom(e: Event) {
   const v = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value;
   patch({ created_after: v ? `${v}T00:00:00` : undefined });
@@ -118,14 +111,6 @@ const chipOff = "border-neutral-300 text-neutral-600 hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:b
       v-if="open"
       class="mt-2 flex flex-col gap-3 rounded-xl border border-neutral-200 p-3 dark:border-neutral-800"
     >
-      <input
-        type="search"
-        :value="facets.q ?? ''"
-        placeholder="Search text…"
-        class="w-full rounded-lg border border-neutral-300 bg-white px-3 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-brand dark:border-neutral-700 dark:bg-neutral-900"
-        @input="onQ"
-      />
-
       <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
         <span class="w-16 shrink-0 text-xs text-neutral-400">Color</span>
         <button
diff --git a/frontend/src/router/index.ts b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
index a843e9b..43a94f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const router = createRouter({
         { path: "archive", name: "archive", component: () => import("../views/BoardView.vue") },
         { path: "trash", name: "trash", component: () => import("../views/BoardView.vue") },
         { path: "label/:id", name: "label", component: () => import("../views/BoardView.vue") },
-        { path: "search", name: "search", component: () => import("../views/SearchView.vue") },
         { path: "reminders", name: "reminders", component: () => import("../views/RemindersView.vue") },
         { path: "timeline", name: "timeline", component: () => import("../views/TimelineView.vue") },
       ],
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SearchView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SearchView.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bf7d16..0000000
--- a/frontend/src/views/SearchView.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-<script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed, watch } from "vue";
-import { useRoute } from "vue-router";
-import { repo } from "../adapters";
-import { useNoteList } from "../composables/useNoteList";
-import { useNoteEditor } from "../composables/useNoteEditor";
-import AsyncState from "../components/AsyncState.vue";
-import EmptyState from "../components/EmptyState.vue";
-import NoteGrid from "../components/NoteGrid.vue";
-import NoteEditor from "../components/NoteEditor.vue";
-
-const route = useRoute();
-const query = computed(() => (typeof route.query.q === "string" ? route.query.q : ""));
-const noMatchSubtitle = computed(() => `Nothing found for "${query.value}".`);
-
-const { items: results, loading, error, load: run } = useNoteList(async () => {
-  const q = query.value.trim();
-  if (!q) return [];
-  return repo.notes.search(q);
-}, "Search failed.");
-
-const { editing, open: openEditor, close: closeEditor, navigate: onNavigate } = useNoteEditor({
-  list: () => results.value,
-  onClose: run, // reflect any edits made from a result
-});
-
-watch(query, run, { immediate: true });
-</script>
-
-<template>
-  <div class="mx-auto w-full max-w-6xl px-4 py-6">
-    <p class="mb-4 text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
-      <template v-if="query"
-        >Results for <span class="font-semibold text-neutral-800 dark:text-neutral-200">{{ query }}</span></template
-      >
-      <template v-else>Type in the search box to find your notes.</template>
-    </p>
-
-    <AsyncState :loading="loading" :error="error || undefined" error-title="Couldn't search" @retry="run">
-      <EmptyState v-if="query && results.length === 0" title="No matches" :subtitle="noMatchSubtitle" />
-      <NoteGrid v-else-if="results.length" :notes="results" @open="openEditor" />
-    </AsyncState>
-  </div>
-
-  <template v-if="editing">
-    <NoteEditor :note="editing" @close="closeEditor" @navigate="onNavigate" />
-  </template>
-</template>
diff --git a/src/thoughtsync/notes/__init__.py b/src/thoughtsync/notes/__init__.py
index 719a49f..82f8490 100644
--- a/src/thoughtsync/notes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/thoughtsync/notes/__init__.py
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ async def list_notes():
             stmt = stmt.where(Note.created_at < before_dt)
         if query_text:
             # Full-text match over the note's name + body (generated tsvector,
-            # migrations 0005/0026), ranked — so the facet bar's text box searches,
-            # not just filters.
+            # migrations 0005/0026), ranked. This is the ONLY text search now: the
+            # separate facet-less `/search` route was removed because landing on it
+            # was the one place you could not also narrow by tag (note 2930).
             tsquery = func.websearch_to_tsquery("english", query_text)
             search_col = literal_column("notes.search_vector")
             stmt = stmt.where(search_col.op("@@")(tsquery)).order_by(
@@ -156,30 +157,6 @@ async def list_notes():
         return jsonify({"notes": await _serialize_notes(db, notes)})
 
 
-@bp.get("/search")
-@login_required
-async def search_notes():
-    q = (request.args.get("q") or "").strip()
-    if not q:
-        return jsonify({"notes": []})
-    async with session_scope() as db:
-        tsquery = func.websearch_to_tsquery("english", q)
-        # search_vector is a generated column (migration 0005), not mapped on the ORM.
-        search_col = literal_column("notes.search_vector")
-        stmt = (
-            select(Note)
-            .where(
-                visible_to_user("note", Note.owner_id, Note.id, g.user_id),
-                Note.deleted_at.is_(None),
-                search_col.op("@@")(tsquery),
-            )
-            .order_by(func.ts_rank(search_col, tsquery).desc(), Note.updated_at.desc())
-            .limit(100)
-        )
-        notes = (await db.scalars(stmt)).all()
-        return jsonify({"notes": await _serialize_notes(db, notes)})
-
-
 @bp.get("/reminders")
 @login_required
 async def list_reminders():
diff --git a/tests/test_notes.py b/tests/test_notes.py
index 33fa6d7..30b9181 100644
--- a/tests/test_notes.py
+++ b/tests/test_notes.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def test_all_note_routes_registered(app):
     expected = {
         f"notes.{name}"
         for name in (
-            "list_notes", "search_notes", "list_reminders", "complete_reminder",
+            "list_notes", "list_reminders", "complete_reminder",
             "snooze_reminder", "export_notes", "import_notes", "list_titles",
             "reorder_notes", "create_note",
             "get_note", "update_note", "list_revisions", "restore_revision",