How to Find a Receipt or Contract Even After Years

You need a receipt for a claim. Or a contract for verification. You know you have it – but where? This situation is more common than it seems.

Classic methods and their limits

Searching through email

If you bought online, there's a chance the confirmation is in your email. The problem is:

• Deleted emails
• Full inbox
• Unclear subject lines

Looking through photos

If you photographed the receipt, it's somewhere in the gallery. Among thousands of other photos from vacations, food, and screenshots.

Physical search

Drawers, boxes, old envelopes. The most time-consuming variant with uncertain results.

How to find it faster next time

The problem isn't searching itself – it's that there's no system. If you want to find a document in 5 seconds instead of 30 minutes, you need:

1. One place for all documents
2. Automatic organization (by date, type, store)
3. Full-text search – find by any word

Prevention is easier than searching

The best search is one you don't have to do. If every new receipt immediately goes to one place with automatic tagging:

• You don't have to remember where you saved it
• You don't have to sort manually
• You'll find it anytime

Start today. Don't wait for the moment when you'll desperately need to find that receipt.