How to find any metadata in a Salesforce org

Short answer: Setup’s Quick Find searches the Setup menu, not your metadata. To find a field, a flow or an Apex class you open Object Manager, the Flows list or Apex Classes and search each one. doDev, a free Chrome extension, searches all of them from one box and opens one page with everything about the item.

An object's page in doDev Find Any Metadata: details, fields, layouts and more in tabs

Find it with doDev

Install doDev and open it from the toolbar while you are logged into Salesforce.
Press Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) or click the search box at the top.
Type part of a name – an object, field, flow, Apex class or trigger, LWC, Aura, Visualforce page, profile, permission set, user, role, group, custom label, static resource, email template, Lightning page or validation rule. Results show as they arrive; All ▾ narrows to one type.
Pick a result to open its page.

Each page has the details and tabs that fit the item:

An object – its fields (type, formula or default, help text…), page layouts and their assignments, record types, list views, buttons and more.
Code (Apex, triggers, LWC, Visualforce) – with line numbers and colours, and Find in file.
⇄ Compare with ▾ – the same item in another org you are logged into, side by side.
A managed package’s items show their namespace, so two with the same name are easy to tell apart.

Doing it without a tool

Setup → Quick Find – finds Setup pages, not your fields or classes.
Object Manager, Flows, Apex Classes, Custom Labels… – each has its own list and search.
Tooling API – queries such as SELECT Id, Name FROM ApexClass WHERE Name LIKE '%Invoice%'.

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