# Custom Filter Equals not working

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659 "2022-12-19T20:44:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![JLCSerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JLCSerious](https://forum.adalo.com/u/JLCSerious)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659/1 "2022-12-19T20:44:33Z")

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Hi,

Am I doing something wring here?

I want to be able to search a list by an exact username so Ive used custom filter is equal to input, but when the input is blank the list pulls up all the users?

TIA

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**Author:** ![Flawless](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/flawless/32/20131_2.png) [@Flawless](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Flawless)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659/2 "2022-12-19T22:39:44Z")

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You’re not doing something wrong @JLCSerious 🕶  
This is the intended behavior of the blank input and filtering with it.

If you want to hide the results when the input is empty, select your list and set the visibility to “Sometimes visible if \> other components \> input \> is not equal to \> empty”.

So if the input is empty, the list will not display.

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**Author:** ![JLCSerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JLCSerious](https://forum.adalo.com/u/JLCSerious)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659/3 "2022-12-20T08:46:47Z")

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Mario, thank you

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/custom-filter-equals-not-working/34659/4 "2022-12-30T08:47:02Z")

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