Hi ​@Laurenseife - what you’re describing is default behaviour.  When you’re in a category, you are indeed searching with that category, and this isn’t something that can be changed.  If you wanted to, you could consider adding a small ‘search the whole community’ sidebar widget / CTA button with a link to the global search page (here that’s https://communities.gainsight.com/search).

Thanks ​@Kenneth R, apologies for the delayed reply. I appreciate your confirmation!