diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index 40e4300e7..d6307007d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   InFilter,
   LabelFilter,
   LabelFilterType,
+  NoFilter,
   ReadFilter,
   SortBy,
   SortOrder,
@@ -208,6 +209,21 @@ const appendRecommendedBy = (body: SearchBody, recommendedBy: string): void => {
   })
 }
 
+const appendNoFilters = (body: SearchBody, noFilters: NoFilter[]): void => {
+  noFilters.forEach((filter) => {
+    body.query.bool.must_not.push({
+      nested: {
+        path: filter.field,
+        query: {
+          exists: {
+            field: filter.field,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 export const createPage = async (
   page: Page,
   ctx: PageContext
@@ -389,6 +405,7 @@ export const searchPages = async (
       matchFilters,
       ids,
       includeContent,
+      noFilters,
     } = args
     // default order is descending
     const sortOrder = sort?.order || SortOrder.DESCENDING
@@ -484,6 +501,10 @@ export const searchPages = async (
       })
     }
 
+    if (noFilters) {
+      appendNoFilters(body, noFilters)
+    }
+
     console.log('searching pages in elastic', JSON.stringify(body))
 
     const response = await client.search<SearchResponse<Page>, SearchBody>({
diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
index bd238e7d6..39cdadba2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   HasFilter,
   InFilter,
   LabelFilter,
+  NoFilter,
   ReadFilter,
   SortParams,
 } from '../utils/search'
@@ -106,6 +107,16 @@ export interface SearchBody {
               }
             }
           }
+        | {
+            nested: {
+              path: string
+              query: {
+                exists: {
+                  field: string
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
       )[]
     }
   }
@@ -317,4 +328,5 @@ export interface PageSearchArgs {
   ids?: string[]
   recommendedBy?: string
   includeContent?: boolean
+  noFilters?: NoFilter[]
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
index 05c2cc3fe..b98ff016c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export interface SearchFilter {
   matchFilters: FieldFilter[]
   ids: string[]
   recommendedBy?: string
+  noFilters: NoFilter[]
 }
 
 export enum LabelFilterType {
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ export interface FieldFilter {
   value: string
 }
 
+export interface NoFilter {
+  field: string
+}
+
 const parseRecommendedBy = (str?: string): string | undefined => {
   if (str === undefined) {
     return undefined
@@ -263,6 +268,22 @@ const parseIds = (field: string, str?: string): string[] | undefined => {
   return str.split(',')
 }
 
+const parseNoFilter = (str?: string): NoFilter | undefined => {
+  if (str === undefined) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const strLower = str.toLowerCase()
+  const accepted = ['highlight', 'label']
+  if (accepted.includes(strLower)) {
+    return {
+      field: `${strLower}s`,
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined
+}
+
 export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string | undefined): SearchFilter => {
   const searchQuery = query ? query.replace(/\W\s":/g, '') : undefined
   const result: SearchFilter = {
@@ -275,6 +296,7 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string | undefined): SearchFilter => {
     termFilters: [],
     matchFilters: [],
     ids: [],
+    noFilters: [],
   }
 
   if (!searchQuery) {
@@ -288,6 +310,7 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string | undefined): SearchFilter => {
       termFilters: [],
       matchFilters: [],
       ids: [],
+      noFilters: [],
     }
   }
 
@@ -310,6 +333,7 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string | undefined): SearchFilter => {
       'updated',
       'includes',
       'recommendedBy',
+      'no',
     ],
     tokenize: true,
   })
@@ -395,6 +419,11 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string | undefined): SearchFilter => {
           result.recommendedBy = parseRecommendedBy(keyword.value)
           break
         }
+        case 'no': {
+          const noFilter = parseNoFilter(keyword.value)
+          noFilter && result.noFilters.push(noFilter)
+          break
+        }
       }
     }
   }