# Metadata Query Search Scopes Constants for the predefined search scopes used by [`searchScopes`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQuery/searchScopes). ## Topics ### Constants [`NSMetadataQueryUserHomeScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryUserHomeScope) Search the user’s home directory. [`NSMetadataQueryLocalComputerScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryLocalComputerScope) Search all local mounted volumes, including the user home directory. The user’s home directory is searched even if it is a remote volume. [`NSMetadataQueryNetworkScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryNetworkScope) Search all user-mounted remote volumes. [`NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDocumentsScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDocumentsScope) Search all files in the `Documents` directories of the app’s iCloud container directories. [`NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDataScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDataScope) Search all files not in the `Documents` directories of the app’s iCloud container directories. [`NSMetadataQueryAccessibleUbiquitousExternalDocumentsScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryAccessibleUbiquitousExternalDocumentsScope) Search for documents outside the app’s container. This search can locate iCloud documents that the user previously opened using a document picker view controller. This lets your app access the documents again without requiring direct user interaction. The result’s [`NSMetadataItemURLKey`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataItemURLKey) attributes return security-scoped NSURLs. For more information on working with security-scoped URLs, see [`Security-Scoped URLs`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURL#Security-Scoped-URLs) in [`NSURL`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURL). [`NSMetadataQueryIndexedLocalComputerScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryIndexedLocalComputerScope) Search all indexed local mounted volumes including the current user’s home directory (even if the home directory is remote). [`NSMetadataQueryIndexedNetworkScope`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMetadataQueryIndexedNetworkScope) Search all indexed user-mounted remote volumes. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)