diff --git a/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.css b/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.css
index 21f6f95..9613de6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.css
+++ b/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.css
@@ -1,11 +1,54 @@
 .fe6e-filter-container {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
   border: 0.07rem solid var(--color-border);
   border-radius: 4px;
   box-shadow: rgba(99, 99, 99, 0.2) 0px 2px 8px 0px;
-  padding: 8px 0 8px 8px;
+  padding: 8px;
 }
 
 .fe6e-filter {
   font-size: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
+  flex: 1;
+}
+
+.fe6e-filter-clear {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: grey;
+  margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+.fe6e-filter-clear:hover {
+  color: black;
+}
+
+.fe6e-taglist {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 4px;
+  margin-top: 6px;
+  padding: 8px;
+  border: 0.07rem solid var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  box-shadow: rgba(99, 99, 99, 0.2) 0px 2px 8px 0px;
+  max-height: 7em;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
+.fe6e-taglist-tag {
+  font-size: 0.75em;
+  padding: 2px 6px;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-secondary-accent);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.fe6e-taglist-tag:hover {
+  background-color: var(--color-tag-hover);
+  border-color: var(--color-tag-hover);
+  color: black;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.js b/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.js
index 3581db3..a8ecf79 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/sidebar/FilterInput.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/prop-types */
 import React from 'react'
-import { useMemento } from '../hooks'
+import Icon from '@mdi/react'
+import { mdiClose } from '@mdi/js'
+import { useServices, useMemento } from '../hooks'
 import { defaultSearch } from './state'
 import { matcher, stopPropagation } from '../events'
 import { cmdOrCtrl } from '../../platform'
@@ -12,8 +14,10 @@ import './FilterInput.css'
  *
  */
 export const FilterInput = props => {
+  const { searchIndex } = useServices()
   const [search, setSearch] = useMemento('ui.sidebar.search', defaultSearch)
   const [cursor, setCursor] = React.useState(null)
+  const [userTags, setUserTags] = React.useState([])
   const ref = React.useRef()
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -25,12 +29,39 @@ export const FilterInput = props => {
     if (input) input.setSelectionRange(position, position)
   }, [ref, cursor, search.filter])
 
+  // Fetch user tags and listen for index updates
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const fetchTags = async () => {
+      const tags = await searchIndex.userTags()
+      setUserTags(tags)
+    }
+
+    fetchTags()
+    searchIndex.on('index/updated', fetchTags)
+    return () => searchIndex.off('index/updated', fetchTags)
+  }, [searchIndex])
+
   const handleChange = event => {
     const { target } = event
     setCursor(target.selectionStart)
     setSearch({ ...search, filter: target.value })
   }
 
+  const handleTagClick = tag => {
+    const tagFilter = `#${tag}`
+    const newFilter = search.filter
+      ? `${search.filter} ${tagFilter}`
+      : tagFilter
+    setCursor(null)
+    setSearch({ ...search, filter: newFilter, force: true })
+  }
+
+  const handleClear = event => {
+    event.stopPropagation()
+    setCursor(null)
+    setSearch({ ...search, filter: '' })
+    ref.current?.focus()
+  }
 
   const handleKeyDown = event => {
     matcher([
@@ -59,18 +90,38 @@ export const FilterInput = props => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className='fe6e-filter-container'>
-      <input
-        className='fe6e-filter'
-        type='text'
-        ref={ref}
-        placeholder='Search'
-        value={search.filter}
-        onChange={handleChange}
-        onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-        onClick={stopPropagation}
-        id='filter-input'
-      />
-    </div>
+    <>
+      <div className='fe6e-filter-container'>
+        <input
+          className='fe6e-filter'
+          type='text'
+          ref={ref}
+          placeholder='Search'
+          value={search.filter}
+          onChange={handleChange}
+          onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+          onClick={stopPropagation}
+          id='filter-input'
+        />
+        {search.filter && (
+          <span className='fe6e-filter-clear' onClick={handleClear}>
+            <Icon path={mdiClose} size={0.7} />
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      {userTags.length > 0 && (
+        <div className='fe6e-taglist'>
+          {userTags.map(tag => (
+            <span
+              key={tag}
+              className='fe6e-taglist-tag'
+              onClick={() => handleTagClick(tag)}
+            >
+              {tag.toUpperCase()}
+            </span>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/MiniSearch.js b/src/renderer/store/MiniSearch.js
index cda3fbe..9be22bb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/MiniSearch.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/MiniSearch.js
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ export const parseQuery = (terms, ids = []) => {
       // Remove hyphens to match the extractField transformation for scope
       const scopeValue = token.substring(1).replace(/-/g, '')
       scopeValue.length > 1 && acc.scope.push(scopeValue)
-    } else if (token.startsWith('#')) token.length > 2 && acc.tags.push(token.substring(1))
+    } else if (token.startsWith('-#')) token.length > 3 && acc.excludeTags.push(token.substring(2).toLowerCase())
+    else if (token.startsWith('#')) token.length > 2 && acc.tags.push(token.substring(1))
     else if (token.startsWith('!')) token.length > 2 && acc.ids.push(token.substring(1))
     else if (token.startsWith('&')) { /* ignore */ } else if (token) acc.text.push(token)
     return acc
-  }, { scope: [], text: [], tags: [], ids })
+  }, { scope: [], text: [], tags: [], excludeTags: [], ids })
 
   const query = { combineWith: 'AND', queries: [] }
 
@@ -58,11 +59,15 @@ export const parseQuery = (terms, ids = []) => {
   add('text', 'AND', true)
   add('tags', 'AND', true)
 
-  const filter = parts.ids && parts.ids.length
+  const filter = parts.ids.length
     ? result => parts.ids.some(id => result.id.startsWith(id))
     : null
 
-  return filter
-    ? [query, { filter }]
+  const options = {}
+  if (filter) options.filter = filter
+  if (parts.excludeTags.length) options.excludeTags = parts.excludeTags
+
+  return Object.keys(options).length
+    ? [query, options]
     : [query]
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/SearchIndex.js b/src/renderer/store/SearchIndex.js
index f96e39f..95343c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/SearchIndex.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/SearchIndex.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ SearchIndex.prototype.searchField = function (field, tokens) {
 SearchIndex.prototype.search = async function (terms, options) {
   if (terms.includes('@place') && options.force) {
     const query = terms
-      .replace(/([@#!&]\S+)/gi, '')
+      .replace(/([@#!&-]\S+)/gi, '')
       .trim()
       .replace(/[ ]+/g, '+')
 
@@ -221,11 +221,25 @@ SearchIndex.prototype.search = async function (terms, options) {
   )(terms)
 
   const [query, searchOptions] = parseQuery(terms, ids)
-  const matches = searchOptions
-    ? this.index.search(query, searchOptions)
+
+  // Only pass filter option to MiniSearch, handle excludeTags separately
+  const miniSearchOptions = searchOptions?.filter ? { filter: searchOptions.filter } : null
+  const matches = miniSearchOptions
+    ? this.index.search(query, miniSearchOptions)
     : this.index.search(query)
 
-  const keys = matches.map(R.prop('id'))
+  // Filter out excluded tags using cached documents
+  const excludeTags = searchOptions?.excludeTags || []
+  const filteredMatches = excludeTags.length
+    ? matches.filter(match => {
+      const doc = this.cachedDocuments[match.id]
+      if (!doc || !doc.tags) return true
+      const docTags = doc.tags.filter(Boolean).map(t => t.toLowerCase())
+      return !excludeTags.some(tag => docTags.includes(tag))
+    })
+    : matches
+
+  const keys = filteredMatches.map(R.prop('id'))
 
 
   const option = id => {
@@ -267,3 +281,14 @@ SearchIndex.prototype.createQuery = function (terms, callback, options) {
   disposable.on(this.sessionStore, 'put', refresh)
   return disposable
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Get all unique user-defined tags from the database.
+ * Returns sorted array of tag names.
+ */
+SearchIndex.prototype.userTags = async function () {
+  const tagArrays = await L.values(this.jsonDB, ID.TAGS_PREFIX)
+  const tags = tagArrays.flatMap(arr => Array.isArray(arr) ? arr : [])
+  return [...new Set(tags)].sort()
+}