diff --git a/app/Search/Options/ExactSearchOption.php b/app/Search/Options/ExactSearchOption.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5651fb99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/Options/ExactSearchOption.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search\Options;
+
+class ExactSearchOption extends SearchOption
+{
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        $escaped = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $this->value);
+        $escaped = str_replace('"', '\"', $escaped);
+        return ($this->negated ? '-' : '') . '"' . $escaped . '"';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/Options/FilterSearchOption.php b/app/Search/Options/FilterSearchOption.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f64f4f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/Options/FilterSearchOption.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search\Options;
+
+class FilterSearchOption extends SearchOption
+{
+    protected string $name;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        string $value,
+        string $name,
+        bool $negated = false,
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($value, $negated);
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        $valueText = ($this->value ? ':' . $this->value : '');
+        $filterBrace = '{' . $this->name .  $valueText . '}';
+        return ($this->negated ? '-' : '') . $filterBrace;
+    }
+
+    public function getKey(): string
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    public static function fromContentString(string $value, bool $negated = false): self
+    {
+        $explodedFilter = explode(':', $value, 2);
+        $filterValue = (count($explodedFilter) > 1) ? $explodedFilter[1] : '';
+        $filterName = $explodedFilter[0];
+        return new self($filterValue, $filterName, $negated);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/Options/SearchOption.php b/app/Search/Options/SearchOption.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..483f2123f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/Options/SearchOption.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search\Options;
+
+abstract class SearchOption
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $value,
+        public bool $negated = false,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the key used for this option when used in a map.
+     * Null indicates to use the index of the containing array.
+     */
+    public function getKey(): string|null
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the search string representation for this search option.
+     */
+    abstract public function toString(): string;
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/Options/TagSearchOption.php b/app/Search/Options/TagSearchOption.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd2803db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/Options/TagSearchOption.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search\Options;
+
+class TagSearchOption extends SearchOption
+{
+    /**
+     * Acceptable operators to be used within a tag search option.
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    protected array $queryOperators = ['<=', '>=', '=', '<', '>', 'like', '!='];
+
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        return ($this->negated ? '-' : '') . "[{$this->value}]";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array{name: string, operator: string, value: string}
+     */
+    public function getParts(): array
+    {
+        $operatorRegex = implode('|', array_map(fn($op) => preg_quote($op), $this->queryOperators));
+        preg_match('/^(.*?)((' . $operatorRegex . ')(.*?))?$/', $this->value, $tagSplit);
+
+        $extractedOperator = count($tagSplit) > 2 ? $tagSplit[3] : '';
+        $tagOperator = in_array($extractedOperator, $this->queryOperators) ? $extractedOperator : '=';
+        $tagValue = count($tagSplit) > 3 ? $tagSplit[4] : '';
+
+        return [
+            'name' => $tagSplit[1],
+            'operator' => $tagOperator,
+            'value' => $tagValue,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/Options/TermSearchOption.php b/app/Search/Options/TermSearchOption.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78829fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/Options/TermSearchOption.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search\Options;
+
+class TermSearchOption extends SearchOption
+{
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        return $this->value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchOptionSet.php b/app/Search/SearchOptionSet.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd5e5a5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Search/SearchOptionSet.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Search;
+
+use BookStack\Search\Options\SearchOption;
+
+/**
+ * @template T of SearchOption
+ */
+class SearchOptionSet
+{
+    /**
+     * @var T[]
+     */
+    protected array $options = [];
+
+    public function __construct(array $options = [])
+    {
+        $this->options = $options;
+    }
+
+    public function toValueArray(): array
+    {
+        return array_map(fn(SearchOption $option) => $option->value, $this->options);
+    }
+
+    public function toValueMap(): array
+    {
+        $map = [];
+        foreach ($this->options as $index => $option) {
+            $key = $option->getKey() ?? $index;
+            $map[$key] = $option->value;
+        }
+        return $map;
+    }
+
+    public function merge(SearchOptionSet $set): self
+    {
+        return new self(array_merge($this->options, $set->options));
+    }
+
+    public function filterEmpty(): self
+    {
+        $filteredOptions = array_values(array_filter($this->options, fn (SearchOption $option) => !empty($option->value)));
+        return new self($filteredOptions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param class-string<SearchOption> $class
+     */
+    public static function fromValueArray(array $values, string $class): self
+    {
+        $options = array_map(fn($val) => new $class($val), $values);
+        return new self($options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return T[]
+     */
+    public function all(): array
+    {
+        return $this->options;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return self<T>
+     */
+    public function negated(): self
+    {
+        $values = array_values(array_filter($this->options, fn (SearchOption $option) => $option->negated));
+        return new self($values);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return self<T>
+     */
+    public function nonNegated(): self
+    {
+        $values = array_values(array_filter($this->options, fn (SearchOption $option) => !$option->negated));
+        return new self($values);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchOptions.php b/app/Search/SearchOptions.php
index fffa03db0..7f9db2a64 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchOptions.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchOptions.php
@@ -2,26 +2,39 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Search;
 
+use BookStack\Search\Options\ExactSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\FilterSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\SearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\TagSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\TermSearchOption;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class SearchOptions
 {
-    public array $searches = [];
-    public array $exacts = [];
-    public array $tags = [];
-    public array $filters = [];
+    /** @var SearchOptionSet<TermSearchOption> */
+    public SearchOptionSet $searches;
+    /** @var SearchOptionSet<ExactSearchOption> */
+    public SearchOptionSet $exacts;
+    /** @var SearchOptionSet<TagSearchOption> */
+    public SearchOptionSet $tags;
+    /** @var SearchOptionSet<FilterSearchOption> */
+    public SearchOptionSet $filters;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->searches = new SearchOptionSet();
+        $this->exacts = new SearchOptionSet();
+        $this->tags = new SearchOptionSet();
+        $this->filters = new SearchOptionSet();
+    }
 
     /**
      * Create a new instance from a search string.
      */
     public static function fromString(string $search): self
     {
-        $decoded = static::decode($search);
-        $instance = new SearchOptions();
-        foreach ($decoded as $type => $value) {
-            $instance->$type = $value;
-        }
-
+        $instance = new self();
+        $instance->addOptionsFromString($search);
         return $instance;
     }
 
@@ -41,46 +54,64 @@ class SearchOptions
         }
 
         $instance = new SearchOptions();
-        $inputs = $request->only(['search', 'types', 'filters', 'exact', 'tags']);
+        $inputs = $request->only(['search', 'types', 'filters', 'exact', 'tags', 'extras']);
 
         $parsedStandardTerms = static::parseStandardTermString($inputs['search'] ?? '');
-        $instance->searches = array_filter($parsedStandardTerms['terms']);
-        $instance->exacts = array_filter($parsedStandardTerms['exacts']);
-
-        array_push($instance->exacts, ...array_filter($inputs['exact'] ?? []));
-
-        $instance->tags = array_filter($inputs['tags'] ?? []);
+        $inputExacts = array_filter($inputs['exact'] ?? []);
+        $instance->searches = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(array_filter($parsedStandardTerms['terms']), TermSearchOption::class);
+        $instance->exacts = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(array_filter($parsedStandardTerms['exacts']), ExactSearchOption::class);
+        $instance->exacts = $instance->exacts->merge(SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray($inputExacts, ExactSearchOption::class));
+        $instance->tags = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(array_filter($inputs['tags'] ?? []), TagSearchOption::class);
 
+        $cleanedFilters = [];
         foreach (($inputs['filters'] ?? []) as $filterKey => $filterVal) {
             if (empty($filterVal)) {
                 continue;
             }
-            $instance->filters[$filterKey] = $filterVal === 'true' ? '' : $filterVal;
+            $cleanedFilterVal = $filterVal === 'true' ? '' : $filterVal;
+            $cleanedFilters[] = new FilterSearchOption($cleanedFilterVal, $filterKey);
         }
 
         if (isset($inputs['types']) && count($inputs['types']) < 4) {
-            $instance->filters['type'] = implode('|', $inputs['types']);
+            $cleanedFilters[] = new FilterSearchOption(implode('|', $inputs['types']), 'types');
+        }
+
+        $instance->filters = new SearchOptionSet($cleanedFilters);
+
+        // Parse and merge in extras if provided
+        if (!empty($inputs['extras'])) {
+            $extras = static::fromString($inputs['extras']);
+            $instance->searches = $instance->searches->merge($extras->searches);
+            $instance->exacts = $instance->exacts->merge($extras->exacts);
+            $instance->tags = $instance->tags->merge($extras->tags);
+            $instance->filters = $instance->filters->merge($extras->filters);
         }
 
         return $instance;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Decode a search string into an array of terms.
+     * Decode a search string and add its contents to this instance.
      */
-    protected static function decode(string $searchString): array
+    protected function addOptionsFromString(string $searchString): void
     {
+        /** @var array<string, SearchOption[]> $terms */
         $terms = [
-            'searches' => [],
             'exacts'   => [],
             'tags'     => [],
             'filters'  => [],
         ];
 
         $patterns = [
-            'exacts'  => '/"((?:\\\\.|[^"\\\\])*)"/',
-            'tags'    => '/\[(.*?)\]/',
-            'filters' => '/\{(.*?)\}/',
+            'exacts'  => '/-?"((?:\\\\.|[^"\\\\])*)"/',
+            'tags'    => '/-?\[(.*?)\]/',
+            'filters' => '/-?\{(.*?)\}/',
+        ];
+
+        $constructors = [
+            'exacts'   => fn(string $value, bool $negated) => new ExactSearchOption($value, $negated),
+            'tags'     => fn(string $value, bool $negated) => new TagSearchOption($value, $negated),
+            'filters'  => fn(string $value, bool $negated) => FilterSearchOption::fromContentString($value, $negated),
         ];
 
         // Parse special terms
@@ -88,34 +119,32 @@ class SearchOptions
             $matches = [];
             preg_match_all($pattern, $searchString, $matches);
             if (count($matches) > 0) {
-                $terms[$termType] = $matches[1];
+                foreach ($matches[1] as $index => $value) {
+                    $negated = str_starts_with($matches[0][$index], '-');
+                    $terms[$termType][] = $constructors[$termType]($value, $negated);
+                }
                 $searchString = preg_replace($pattern, '', $searchString);
             }
         }
 
         // Unescape exacts and backslash escapes
-        foreach ($terms['exacts'] as $index => $exact) {
-            $terms['exacts'][$index] = static::decodeEscapes($exact);
+        foreach ($terms['exacts'] as $exact) {
+            $exact->value = static::decodeEscapes($exact->value);
         }
 
         // Parse standard terms
         $parsedStandardTerms = static::parseStandardTermString($searchString);
-        array_push($terms['searches'], ...$parsedStandardTerms['terms']);
-        array_push($terms['exacts'], ...$parsedStandardTerms['exacts']);
+        $this->searches = $this->searches
+            ->merge(SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray($parsedStandardTerms['terms'], TermSearchOption::class))
+            ->filterEmpty();
+        $this->exacts = $this->exacts
+            ->merge(new SearchOptionSet($terms['exacts']))
+            ->merge(SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray($parsedStandardTerms['exacts'], ExactSearchOption::class))
+            ->filterEmpty();
 
-        // Split filter values out
-        $splitFilters = [];
-        foreach ($terms['filters'] as $filter) {
-            $explodedFilter = explode(':', $filter, 2);
-            $splitFilters[$explodedFilter[0]] = (count($explodedFilter) > 1) ? $explodedFilter[1] : '';
-        }
-        $terms['filters'] = $splitFilters;
-
-        // Filter down terms where required
-        $terms['exacts'] = array_filter($terms['exacts']);
-        $terms['searches'] = array_filter($terms['searches']);
-
-        return $terms;
+        // Add tags & filters
+        $this->tags = $this->tags->merge(new SearchOptionSet($terms['tags']));
+        $this->filters = $this->filters->merge(new SearchOptionSet($terms['filters']));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,7 +204,9 @@ class SearchOptions
      */
     public function setFilter(string $filterName, string $filterValue = ''): void
     {
-        $this->filters[$filterName] = $filterValue;
+        $this->filters = $this->filters->merge(
+            new SearchOptionSet([new FilterSearchOption($filterValue, $filterName)])
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -183,22 +214,40 @@ class SearchOptions
      */
     public function toString(): string
     {
-        $parts = $this->searches;
+        $options = [
+            ...$this->searches->all(),
+            ...$this->exacts->all(),
+            ...$this->tags->all(),
+            ...$this->filters->all(),
+        ];
 
-        foreach ($this->exacts as $term) {
-            $escaped = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $term);
-            $escaped = str_replace('"', '\"', $escaped);
-            $parts[] = '"' . $escaped . '"';
-        }
-
-        foreach ($this->tags as $term) {
-            $parts[] = "[{$term}]";
-        }
-
-        foreach ($this->filters as $filterName => $filterVal) {
-            $parts[] = '{' . $filterName . ($filterVal ? ':' . $filterVal : '') . '}';
-        }
+        $parts = array_map(fn(SearchOption $o) => $o->toString(), $options);
 
         return implode(' ', $parts);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the search options that don't have UI controls provided for.
+     * Provided back as a key => value array with the keys being expected
+     * input names for a search form, and values being the option value.
+     */
+    public function getAdditionalOptionsString(): string
+    {
+        $options = [];
+
+        // Non-[created/updated]-by-me options
+        $userFilters = ['updated_by', 'created_by', 'owned_by'];
+        foreach ($this->filters->all() as $filter) {
+            if (in_array($filter->getKey(), $userFilters, true) && $filter->value !== null && $filter->value !== 'me') {
+                $options[] = $filter;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Negated items
+        array_push($options, ...$this->exacts->negated()->all());
+        array_push($options, ...$this->tags->negated()->all());
+        array_push($options, ...$this->filters->negated()->all());
+
+        return implode(' ', array_map(fn(SearchOption $o) => $o->toString(), $options));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchResultsFormatter.php b/app/Search/SearchResultsFormatter.php
index 02a40632e..b06f81e0e 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchResultsFormatter.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchResultsFormatter.php
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ class SearchResultsFormatter
      * Update the given entity model to set attributes used for previews of the item
      * primarily within search result lists.
      */
-    protected function setSearchPreview(Entity $entity, SearchOptions $options)
+    protected function setSearchPreview(Entity $entity, SearchOptions $options): void
     {
         $textProperty = $entity->textField;
         $textContent = $entity->$textProperty;
-        $terms = array_merge($options->exacts, $options->searches);
+        $relevantSearchOptions = $options->exacts->merge($options->searches);
+        $terms = $relevantSearchOptions->toValueArray();
 
         $originalContentByNewAttribute = [
             'preview_name'    => $entity->name,
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchRunner.php b/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
index 94518dbf7..265b9eecc 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\EntityQueries;
 use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\TagSearchOption;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\Connection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder as EloquentBuilder;
@@ -16,31 +17,21 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
-use SplObjectStorage;
+use WeakMap;
 
 class SearchRunner
 {
-    /**
-     * Acceptable operators to be used in a query.
-     *
-     * @var string[]
-     */
-    protected array $queryOperators = ['<=', '>=', '=', '<', '>', 'like', '!='];
-
     /**
      * Retain a cache of score adjusted terms for specific search options.
-     * From PHP>=8 this can be made into a WeakMap instead.
-     *
-     * @var SplObjectStorage
      */
-    protected $termAdjustmentCache;
+    protected WeakMap $termAdjustmentCache;
 
     public function __construct(
         protected EntityProvider $entityProvider,
         protected PermissionApplicator $permissions,
         protected EntityQueries $entityQueries,
     ) {
-        $this->termAdjustmentCache = new SplObjectStorage();
+        $this->termAdjustmentCache = new WeakMap();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,10 +46,11 @@ class SearchRunner
         $entityTypes = array_keys($this->entityProvider->all());
         $entityTypesToSearch = $entityTypes;
 
+        $filterMap = $searchOpts->filters->toValueMap();
         if ($entityType !== 'all') {
             $entityTypesToSearch = [$entityType];
-        } elseif (isset($searchOpts->filters['type'])) {
-            $entityTypesToSearch = explode('|', $searchOpts->filters['type']);
+        } elseif (isset($filterMap['type'])) {
+            $entityTypesToSearch = explode('|', $filterMap['type']);
         }
 
         $results = collect();
@@ -97,7 +89,8 @@ class SearchRunner
     {
         $opts = SearchOptions::fromString($searchString);
         $entityTypes = ['page', 'chapter'];
-        $entityTypesToSearch = isset($opts->filters['type']) ? explode('|', $opts->filters['type']) : $entityTypes;
+        $filterMap = $opts->filters->toValueMap();
+        $entityTypesToSearch = isset($filterMap['type']) ? explode('|', $filterMap['type']) : $entityTypes;
 
         $results = collect();
         foreach ($entityTypesToSearch as $entityType) {
@@ -161,24 +154,26 @@ class SearchRunner
         $this->applyTermSearch($entityQuery, $searchOpts, $entityType);
 
         // Handle exact term matching
-        foreach ($searchOpts->exacts as $inputTerm) {
-            $entityQuery->where(function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($inputTerm, $entityModelInstance) {
-                $inputTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $inputTerm);
+        foreach ($searchOpts->exacts->all() as $exact) {
+            $filter = function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($exact, $entityModelInstance) {
+                $inputTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $exact->value);
                 $query->where('name', 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%')
                     ->orWhere($entityModelInstance->textField, 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%');
-            });
+            };
+
+            $exact->negated ? $entityQuery->whereNot($filter) : $entityQuery->where($filter);
         }
 
         // Handle tag searches
-        foreach ($searchOpts->tags as $inputTerm) {
-            $this->applyTagSearch($entityQuery, $inputTerm);
+        foreach ($searchOpts->tags->all() as $tagOption) {
+            $this->applyTagSearch($entityQuery, $tagOption);
         }
 
         // Handle filters
-        foreach ($searchOpts->filters as $filterTerm => $filterValue) {
-            $functionName = Str::camel('filter_' . $filterTerm);
+        foreach ($searchOpts->filters->all() as $filterOption) {
+            $functionName = Str::camel('filter_' . $filterOption->getKey());
             if (method_exists($this, $functionName)) {
-                $this->$functionName($entityQuery, $entityModelInstance, $filterValue);
+                $this->$functionName($entityQuery, $entityModelInstance, $filterOption->value, $filterOption->negated);
             }
         }
 
@@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ class SearchRunner
      */
     protected function applyTermSearch(EloquentBuilder $entityQuery, SearchOptions $options, string $entityType): void
     {
-        $terms = $options->searches;
+        $terms = $options->searches->toValueArray();
         if (count($terms) === 0) {
             return;
         }
@@ -209,8 +204,8 @@ class SearchRunner
         $subQuery->where('entity_type', '=', $entityType);
         $subQuery->where(function (Builder $query) use ($terms) {
             foreach ($terms as $inputTerm) {
-                $inputTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $inputTerm);
-                $query->orWhere('term', 'like', $inputTerm . '%');
+                $escapedTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $inputTerm);
+                $query->orWhere('term', 'like', $escapedTerm . '%');
             }
         });
         $subQuery->groupBy('entity_type', 'entity_id');
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@ class SearchRunner
         $whenStatements = [];
         $whenBindings = [];
 
-        foreach ($options->searches as $term) {
+        foreach ($options->searches->toValueArray() as $term) {
             $whenStatements[] = 'WHEN term LIKE ? THEN ?';
             $whenBindings[] = $term . '%';
             $whenBindings[] = $term;
@@ -310,179 +305,165 @@ class SearchRunner
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the available query operators as a regex escaped list.
+     * Apply a tag search term onto an entity query.
      */
-    protected function getRegexEscapedOperators(): string
+    protected function applyTagSearch(EloquentBuilder $query, TagSearchOption $option): void
     {
-        $escapedOperators = [];
-        foreach ($this->queryOperators as $operator) {
-            $escapedOperators[] = preg_quote($operator);
-        }
+        $filter = function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($option): void {
+            $tagParts = $option->getParts();
+            if (empty($tagParts['operator']) || empty($tagParts['value'])) {
+                $query->where('name', '=', $tagParts['name']);
+                return;
+            }
 
-        return implode('|', $escapedOperators);
+            if (!empty($tagParts['name'])) {
+                $query->where('name', '=', $tagParts['name']);
+            }
+
+            if (is_numeric($tagParts['value']) && $tagParts['operator'] !== 'like') {
+                // We have to do a raw sql query for this since otherwise PDO will quote the value and MySQL will
+                // search the value as a string which prevents being able to do number-based operations
+                // on the tag values. We ensure it has a numeric value and then cast it just to be sure.
+                /** @var Connection $connection */
+                $connection = $query->getConnection();
+                $quotedValue = (float) trim($connection->getPdo()->quote($tagParts['value']), "'");
+                $query->whereRaw("value {$tagParts['operator']} {$quotedValue}");
+            } else if ($tagParts['operator'] === 'like') {
+                $query->where('value', $tagParts['operator'], str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $tagParts['value']));
+            } else {
+                $query->where('value', $tagParts['operator'], $tagParts['value']);
+            }
+        };
+
+        $option->negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('tags', $filter) : $query->whereHas('tags', $filter);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Apply a tag search term onto a entity query.
-     */
-    protected function applyTagSearch(EloquentBuilder $query, string $tagTerm): EloquentBuilder
+    protected function applyNegatableWhere(EloquentBuilder $query, bool $negated, string $column, string $operator, mixed $value): void
     {
-        preg_match('/^(.*?)((' . $this->getRegexEscapedOperators() . ')(.*?))?$/', $tagTerm, $tagSplit);
-        $query->whereHas('tags', function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($tagSplit) {
-            $tagName = $tagSplit[1];
-            $tagOperator = count($tagSplit) > 2 ? $tagSplit[3] : '';
-            $tagValue = count($tagSplit) > 3 ? $tagSplit[4] : '';
-            $validOperator = in_array($tagOperator, $this->queryOperators);
-            if (!empty($tagOperator) && !empty($tagValue) && $validOperator) {
-                if (!empty($tagName)) {
-                    $query->where('name', '=', $tagName);
-                }
-                if (is_numeric($tagValue) && $tagOperator !== 'like') {
-                    // We have to do a raw sql query for this since otherwise PDO will quote the value and MySQL will
-                    // search the value as a string which prevents being able to do number-based operations
-                    // on the tag values. We ensure it has a numeric value and then cast it just to be sure.
-                    /** @var Connection $connection */
-                    $connection = $query->getConnection();
-                    $tagValue = (float) trim($connection->getPdo()->quote($tagValue), "'");
-                    $query->whereRaw("value {$tagOperator} {$tagValue}");
-                } else {
-                    if ($tagOperator === 'like') {
-                        $tagValue = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $tagValue);
-                    }
-                    $query->where('value', $tagOperator, $tagValue);
-                }
-            } else {
-                $query->where('name', '=', $tagName);
-            }
-        });
-
-        return $query;
+        if ($negated) {
+            $query->whereNot($column, $operator, $value);
+        } else {
+            $query->where($column, $operator, $value);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Custom entity search filters.
      */
-    protected function filterUpdatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input): void
+    protected function filterUpdatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
-        try {
-            $date = date_create($input);
-            $query->where('updated_at', '>=', $date);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        }
+        $date = date_create($input);
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'updated_at', '>=', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterUpdatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input): void
+    protected function filterUpdatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
-        try {
-            $date = date_create($input);
-            $query->where('updated_at', '<', $date);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        }
+        $date = date_create($input);
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'updated_at', '<', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input): void
+    protected function filterCreatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
-        try {
-            $date = date_create($input);
-            $query->where('created_at', '>=', $date);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        }
+        $date = date_create($input);
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'created_at', '>=', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterCreatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        try {
-            $date = date_create($input);
-            $query->where('created_at', '<', $date);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        }
+        $date = date_create($input);
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'created_at', '<', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterCreatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
         if ($user) {
-            $query->where('created_by', '=', $user->id);
+            $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'created_by', '=', $user->id);
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterUpdatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterUpdatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
         if ($user) {
-            $query->where('updated_by', '=', $user->id);
+            $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'updated_by', '=', $user->id);
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterOwnedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterOwnedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
         if ($user) {
-            $query->where('owned_by', '=', $user->id);
+            $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'owned_by', '=', $user->id);
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterInName(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterInName(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $query->where('name', 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'name', 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
     }
 
-    protected function filterInTitle(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterInTitle(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $this->filterInName($query, $model, $input);
+        $this->filterInName($query, $model, $input, $negated);
     }
 
-    protected function filterInBody(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterInBody(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $query->where($model->textField, 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, $model->textField, 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
     }
 
-    protected function filterIsRestricted(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterIsRestricted(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $query->whereHas('permissions');
+        $negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('permissions') : $query->whereHas('permissions');
     }
 
-    protected function filterViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $query->whereHas('views', function ($query) {
+        $filter = function ($query) {
             $query->where('user_id', '=', user()->id);
-        });
+        };
+
+        $negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('views', $filter) : $query->whereHas('views', $filter);
     }
 
-    protected function filterNotViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterNotViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $query->whereDoesntHave('views', function ($query) {
+        $filter = function ($query) {
             $query->where('user_id', '=', user()->id);
-        });
+        };
+
+        $negated ? $query->whereHas('views', $filter) : $query->whereDoesntHave('views', $filter);
     }
 
-    protected function filterIsTemplate(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterIsTemplate(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         if ($model instanceof Page) {
-            $query->where('template', '=', true);
+            $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'template', '=', true);
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterSortBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, $input)
+    protected function filterSortBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $functionName = Str::camel('sort_by_' . $input);
         if (method_exists($this, $functionName)) {
-            $this->$functionName($query, $model);
+            $this->$functionName($query, $model, $negated);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Sorting filter options.
      */
-    protected function sortByLastCommented(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model)
+    protected function sortByLastCommented(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, bool $negated)
     {
         $commentsTable = DB::getTablePrefix() . 'comments';
         $morphClass = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $model->getMorphClass());
         $commentQuery = DB::raw('(SELECT c1.entity_id, c1.entity_type, c1.created_at as last_commented FROM ' . $commentsTable . ' c1 LEFT JOIN ' . $commentsTable . ' c2 ON (c1.entity_id = c2.entity_id AND c1.entity_type = c2.entity_type AND c1.created_at < c2.created_at) WHERE c1.entity_type = \'' . $morphClass . '\' AND c2.created_at IS NULL) as comments');
 
-        $query->join($commentQuery, $model->getTable() . '.id', '=', 'comments.entity_id')->orderBy('last_commented', 'desc');
+        $query->join($commentQuery, $model->getTable() . '.id', '=', 'comments.entity_id')
+            ->orderBy('last_commented', $negated ? 'asc' : 'desc');
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/search/all.blade.php b/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
index 2d410dbd1..ad437604b 100644
--- a/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
@@ -8,66 +8,63 @@
                 <div>
                     <h5>{{ trans('entities.search_advanced') }}</h5>
 
+                    @php
+                        $filterMap = $options->filters->nonNegated()->toValueMap();
+                    @endphp
                     <form method="get" action="{{ url('/search') }}">
                         <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_terms') }}</h6>
-                        <input type="text" name="search" value="{{ implode(' ', $options->searches) }}">
+                        <input type="text" name="search" value="{{ implode(' ', $options->searches->toValueArray()) }}">
 
                         <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_content_type') }}</h6>
                         <div class="form-group">
 
                             <?php
-                            $types = explode('|', $options->filters['type'] ?? '');
+                            $types = explode('|', $filterMap['type'] ?? '');
                             $hasTypes = $types[0] !== '';
                             ?>
                             @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('page', $types), 'entity' => 'page', 'transKey' => 'page'])
                             @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('chapter', $types), 'entity' => 'chapter', 'transKey' => 'chapter'])
                             <br>
-                                @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('book', $types), 'entity' => 'book', 'transKey' => 'book'])
-                                @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('bookshelf', $types), 'entity' => 'bookshelf', 'transKey' => 'shelf'])
+                            @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('book', $types), 'entity' => 'book', 'transKey' => 'book'])
+                            @include('search.parts.type-filter', ['checked' => !$hasTypes || in_array('bookshelf', $types), 'entity' => 'bookshelf', 'transKey' => 'shelf'])
                         </div>
 
                         <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_exact_matches') }}</h6>
-                        @include('search.parts.term-list', ['type' => 'exact', 'currentList' => $options->exacts])
+                        @include('search.parts.term-list', ['type' => 'exact', 'currentList' => $options->exacts->nonNegated()->toValueArray()])
 
                         <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_tags') }}</h6>
-                        @include('search.parts.term-list', ['type' => 'tags', 'currentList' => $options->tags])
+                        @include('search.parts.term-list', ['type' => 'tags', 'currentList' => $options->tags->nonNegated()->toValueArray()])
 
                         @if(!user()->isGuest())
                             <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_options') }}</h6>
 
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'viewed_by_me', 'value' => null])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'viewed_by_me', 'value' => null])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_viewed_by_me') }}
                             @endcomponent
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'not_viewed_by_me', 'value' => null])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'not_viewed_by_me', 'value' => null])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_not_viewed_by_me') }}
                             @endcomponent
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'is_restricted', 'value' => null])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'is_restricted', 'value' => null])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_permissions_set') }}
                             @endcomponent
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'created_by', 'value' => 'me'])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'created_by', 'value' => 'me'])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_created_by_me') }}
                             @endcomponent
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'updated_by', 'value' => 'me'])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'updated_by', 'value' => 'me'])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_updated_by_me') }}
                             @endcomponent
-                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $options->filters, 'name' => 'owned_by', 'value' => 'me'])
+                            @component('search.parts.boolean-filter', ['filters' => $filterMap, 'name' => 'owned_by', 'value' => 'me'])
                                 {{ trans('entities.search_owned_by_me') }}
                             @endcomponent
                         @endif
 
                         <h6>{{ trans('entities.search_date_options') }}</h6>
-                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'updated_after', 'filters' => $options->filters])
-                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'updated_before', 'filters' => $options->filters])
-                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'created_after', 'filters' => $options->filters])
-                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'created_before', 'filters' => $options->filters])
-
-                        @if(isset($options->filters['created_by']) && $options->filters['created_by'] !== "me")
-                            <input type="hidden" name="filters[created_by]" value="{{ $options->filters['created_by'] }}">
-                        @endif
-                        @if(isset($options->filters['updated_by']) && $options->filters['updated_by'] !== "me")
-                            <input type="hidden" name="filters[updated_by]" value="{{ $options->filters['updated_by'] }}">
-                        @endif
+                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'updated_after', 'filters' => $filterMap])
+                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'updated_before', 'filters' => $filterMap])
+                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'created_after', 'filters' => $filterMap])
+                        @include('search.parts.date-filter', ['name' => 'created_before', 'filters' => $filterMap])
 
+                        <input type="hidden" name="extras" value="{{ $options->getAdditionalOptionsString() }}">
                         <button type="submit" class="button">{{ trans('entities.search_update') }}</button>
                     </form>
 
@@ -77,8 +74,9 @@
                 <div class="card content-wrap">
                     <h1 class="list-heading">{{ trans('entities.search_results') }}</h1>
 
-                    <form action="{{ url('/search') }}" method="GET"  class="search-box flexible hide-over-l">
-                        <input value="{{$searchTerm}}" type="text" name="term" placeholder="{{ trans('common.search') }}">
+                    <form action="{{ url('/search') }}" method="GET" class="search-box flexible hide-over-l">
+                        <input value="{{$searchTerm}}" type="text" name="term"
+                               placeholder="{{ trans('common.search') }}">
                         <button type="submit"
                                 aria-label="{{ trans('common.search') }}"
                                 tabindex="-1">@icon('search')</button>
diff --git a/tests/Entity/EntitySearchTest.php b/tests/Entity/EntitySearchTest.php
index 4b032bfc3..3a1a0a662 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/EntitySearchTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/EntitySearchTest.php
@@ -118,6 +118,32 @@ class EntitySearchTest extends TestCase
         $exactSearchB->assertStatus(200)->assertDontSee($page->name);
     }
 
+    public function test_negated_searches()
+    {
+        $page = $this->entities->newPage(['name' => 'My new test negation page', 'html' => '<p>An angry tortoise wore trumpeted plimsoles</p>']);
+        $page->tags()->saveMany([new Tag(['name' => 'DonkCount', 'value' => '500'])]);
+        $page->created_by = $this->users->admin()->id;
+        $page->save();
+
+        $editor = $this->users->editor();
+        $this->actingAs($editor);
+
+        $exactSearch = $this->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('negation -"tortoise"'));
+        $exactSearch->assertStatus(200)->assertDontSeeText($page->name);
+
+        $tagSearchA = $this->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('negation [DonkCount=500]'));
+        $tagSearchA->assertStatus(200)->assertSeeText($page->name);
+        $tagSearchB = $this->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('negation -[DonkCount=500]'));
+        $tagSearchB->assertStatus(200)->assertDontSeeText($page->name);
+
+        $filterSearchA = $this->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('negation -{created_by:me}'));
+        $filterSearchA->assertStatus(200)->assertSeeText($page->name);
+        $page->created_by = $editor->id;
+        $page->save();
+        $filterSearchB = $this->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('negation -{created_by:me}'));
+        $filterSearchB->assertStatus(200)->assertDontSeeText($page->name);
+    }
+
     public function test_search_terms_with_delimiters_are_converted_to_exact_matches()
     {
         $this->asEditor();
@@ -545,11 +571,18 @@ class EntitySearchTest extends TestCase
         $search->assertSee($page->getUrl(), false);
     }
 
-    public function test_searches_with_user_filters_adds_them_into_advanced_search_form()
+    public function test_searches_with_terms_without_controls_includes_them_in_extras()
     {
-        $resp = $this->asEditor()->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('test {updated_by:dan} {created_by:dan}'));
-        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementExists('form input[name="filters[updated_by]"][value="dan"]');
-        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementExists('form input[name="filters[created_by]"][value="dan"]');
+        $resp = $this->asEditor()->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('test {updated_by:dan} {created_by:dan} -{viewed_by_me} -[a=b] -"dog"'));
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertFieldHasValue('extras', '{updated_by:dan} {created_by:dan} -"dog" -[a=b] -{viewed_by_me}');
+    }
+
+    public function test_negated_searches_dont_show_in_inputs()
+    {
+        $resp = $this->asEditor()->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('-{created_by:me} -[a=b] -"dog"'));
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementNotExists('input[name="tags[]"][value="a=b"]');
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementNotExists('input[name="exact[]"][value="dog"]');
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementNotExists('input[name="filters[created_by]"][value="me"][checked="checked"]');
     }
 
     public function test_searches_with_user_filters_using_me_adds_them_into_advanced_search_form()
diff --git a/tests/Entity/SearchOptionsTest.php b/tests/Entity/SearchOptionsTest.php
index ea4d727a4..ae0f1e56a 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/SearchOptionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/SearchOptionsTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Entity;
 
+use BookStack\Search\Options\ExactSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\FilterSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\TagSearchOption;
+use BookStack\Search\Options\TermSearchOption;
 use BookStack\Search\SearchOptions;
+use BookStack\Search\SearchOptionSet;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
@@ -12,27 +17,57 @@ class SearchOptionsTest extends TestCase
     {
         $options = SearchOptions::fromString('cat "dog" [tag=good] {is_tree}');
 
-        $this->assertEquals(['cat'], $options->searches);
-        $this->assertEquals(['dog'], $options->exacts);
-        $this->assertEquals(['tag=good'], $options->tags);
-        $this->assertEquals(['is_tree' => ''], $options->filters);
+        $this->assertEquals(['cat'], $options->searches->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertEquals(['dog'], $options->exacts->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertEquals(['tag=good'], $options->tags->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertEquals(['is_tree' => ''], $options->filters->toValueMap());
+    }
+
+    public function test_from_string_parses_negations()
+    {
+        $options = SearchOptions::fromString('cat -"dog" -[tag=good] -{is_tree}');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['cat'], $options->searches->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertTrue($options->exacts->all()[0]->negated);
+        $this->assertTrue($options->tags->all()[0]->negated);
+        $this->assertTrue($options->filters->all()[0]->negated);
     }
 
     public function test_from_string_properly_parses_escaped_quotes()
     {
         $options = SearchOptions::fromString('"\"cat\"" surprise "\"\"" "\"donkey" "\"" "\\\\"');
 
-        $this->assertEquals(['"cat"', '""', '"donkey', '"', '\\'], $options->exacts);
+        $this->assertEquals(['"cat"', '""', '"donkey', '"', '\\'], $options->exacts->toValueArray());
     }
 
     public function test_to_string_includes_all_items_in_the_correct_format()
     {
-        $expected = 'cat "dog" [tag=good] {is_tree}';
+        $expected = 'cat "dog" [tag=good] {is_tree} {beans:valid}';
         $options = new SearchOptions();
-        $options->searches = ['cat'];
-        $options->exacts = ['dog'];
-        $options->tags = ['tag=good'];
-        $options->filters = ['is_tree' => ''];
+        $options->searches = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(['cat'], TermSearchOption::class);
+        $options->exacts = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(['dog'], ExactSearchOption::class);
+        $options->tags = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(['tag=good'], TagSearchOption::class);
+        $options->filters = new SearchOptionSet([
+            new FilterSearchOption('', 'is_tree'),
+            new FilterSearchOption('valid', 'beans'),
+        ]);
+
+        $output = $options->toString();
+        foreach (explode(' ', $expected) as $term) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString($term, $output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function test_to_string_handles_negations_as_expected()
+    {
+        $expected = 'cat -"dog" -[tag=good] -{is_tree}';
+        $options = new SearchOptions();
+        $options->searches = new SearchOptionSet([new TermSearchOption('cat')]);
+        $options->exacts = new SearchOptionSet([new ExactSearchOption('dog', true)]);
+        $options->tags = new SearchOptionSet([new TagSearchOption('tag=good', true)]);
+        $options->filters = new SearchOptionSet([
+            new FilterSearchOption('', 'is_tree', true),
+        ]);
 
         $output = $options->toString();
         foreach (explode(' ', $expected) as $term) {
@@ -43,7 +78,7 @@ class SearchOptionsTest extends TestCase
     public function test_to_string_escapes_as_expected()
     {
         $options = new SearchOptions();
-        $options->exacts = ['"cat"', '""', '"donkey', '"', '\\', '\\"'];
+        $options->exacts = SearchOptionSet::fromValueArray(['"cat"', '""', '"donkey', '"', '\\', '\\"'], ExactSearchOption::class);
 
         $output = $options->toString();
         $this->assertEquals('"\"cat\"" "\"\"" "\"donkey" "\"" "\\\\" "\\\\\""', $output);
@@ -57,14 +92,14 @@ class SearchOptionsTest extends TestCase
             'is_tree' => '',
             'name'    => 'dan',
             'cat'     => 'happy',
-        ], $opts->filters);
+        ], $opts->filters->toValueMap());
     }
     public function test_it_cannot_parse_out_empty_exacts()
     {
         $options = SearchOptions::fromString('"" test ""');
 
-        $this->assertEmpty($options->exacts);
-        $this->assertCount(1, $options->searches);
+        $this->assertEmpty($options->exacts->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertCount(1, $options->searches->toValueArray());
     }
 
     public function test_from_request_properly_parses_exacts_from_search_terms()
@@ -74,7 +109,24 @@ class SearchOptionsTest extends TestCase
         ]);
 
         $options = SearchOptions::fromRequest($request);
-        $this->assertEquals(["biscuits"], $options->searches);
-        $this->assertEquals(['"cheese"', '""', '"baked',  'beans"'], $options->exacts);
+        $this->assertEquals(["biscuits"], $options->searches->toValueArray());
+        $this->assertEquals(['"cheese"', '""', '"baked',  'beans"'], $options->exacts->toValueArray());
+    }
+
+    public function test_from_request_properly_parses_out_extras_as_string()
+    {
+        $request = new Request([
+            'search' => '',
+            'tags' => ['a=b'],
+            'extras' => '-[b=c] -{viewed_by_me} -"dino"'
+        ]);
+
+        $options = SearchOptions::fromRequest($request);
+        $this->assertCount(2, $options->tags->all());
+        $this->assertEquals('b=c', $options->tags->negated()->all()[0]->value);
+        $this->assertEquals('viewed_by_me', $options->filters->all()[0]->getKey());
+        $this->assertTrue($options->filters->all()[0]->negated);
+        $this->assertEquals('dino', $options->exacts->all()[0]->value);
+        $this->assertTrue($options->exacts->all()[0]->negated);
     }
 }