# Show entries without group

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/show-entries-without-group/492>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/show-entries-without-group/492 "2017-03-03T14:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/show-entries-without-group/492/1 "2017-03-03T14:49:30Z")

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Is there an easy way (searching) to show entries without a group or without belonging to one of the groups in the group-tree?

I had entries with “groups = misc” and some without any group field. But “misc” wasn’t part of the group-tree.

Currently I have the **workaround** to activate the “groups” column in the table view and sort for them.

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**Author:** ![joerg.lenhard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/joerg.lenhard/32/9_2.png) [@joerg.lenhard](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/joerg.lenhard)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/show-entries-without-group/492/2 "2017-03-03T16:11:56Z")

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This feature has been proposed on the issue tracker: [https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/679](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/679)

We are currently right in the middle of a complete overhaul of the groups interface. Maybe this feature makes it in, but no promises.

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/show-entries-without-group/492/3 "2022-05-28T21:43:51Z")

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JabRef 5.6–2022-04-25–5c9d898  
Linux 5.4.0-113-generic amd64  
Java 17.0.2  
JavaFX 18+12

While I think this feature should show in the groups pane by default, I was able to create such a group manually, using Regular Expressions (RegEx): `groups != .+`

 ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/a/a34ebc952bdcce7f34eaf8c62bf4fb004dd53374.png)

See here for info about JabRefs RegEx capabilities: [https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search#advanced](https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search#advanced)