Can I see where a note has been included?

[Grayda]

As the title suggests, is there a way to see where a note has been included?

I want to make something that is akin to Wikipedia's "Citation Needed", where you can include it on a page, but you can also see all pages that have that tag.

I could probably do something like tag the page manually (e.g. #CitationNeeded) but that just tags the page and doesn't include a visual reminder that the page needs fixing as I'm browsing it.

I could also just include the note AND add the tag, but if there's a better way to do it, I'm all ears

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @Grayda! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Trilium team.

Yes! Trilium has built-in support for this via Note Paths and cloning.

Here's how to create your "Citation Needed" system:

1. Create a "Citation Needed" note with your visual indicator (e.g., "⚠️ Citation Needed" text or styling)
2. Clone this note into any page that needs attention (Ctrl+C on the note, navigate to target, Ctrl+V)
3. View all locations by clicking on the indicator note and checking the Note Paths dropdown in the status bar — it shows a badge with the count of all locations where the note exists

This gives you both:

• A visual reminder on each page (the cloned note appears inline)
• A central view of all pages that have that indicator (via Note Paths)

The status bar also shows a signpost icon in the tree view for cloned notes, making them easy to identify.

Alternatively, you could use the "include note" feature which embeds another note as a read-only widget — the Backlinks feature will then show which notes reference/include it.

Note: If you don't see the status bar, it might be hidden by a custom theme — switching to the default "Trilium" theme should restore it.

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[Grayda]

The backlinks feature looks to be what I'm after. Marking as accepted answer