# Global Search for Element - Unfound

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/global-search-for-element-unfound/16660>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Created:** [February 19, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/global-search-for-element-unfound/16660 "2025-02-19T16:07:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/global-search-for-element-unfound/16660/1 "2025-02-19T16:07:41Z")

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I’m wondering if anyone has run into this issue before:

I had an old collection that I was in the process of deprecating so I used the global search to identify where it was used first. The search returned 2 elements where the collection was used in a workflow.

Typically, when I click on the element in the global search widget it brings me to the element in the layer panel, but it did not do that in these two instances.

Thankfully I was able to access the inspector panel where I was able to delete the workflows from the elements, as I knew the workflows were no longer necessary. Doing so confirmed that the collection was no longer referenced.

However, it still bothered me that I couldn’t find the elements anywhere. I even changed the name to “INSPECT ME AND DELETE” hoping I could manually locate it in the layer panel but no luck in _any_ of my application pages. I even used the global search with no luck. How is this possible?!