diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Backups/UnifiedBackups.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Backups/UnifiedBackups.tsx
index 7ad0c0f96..0f70d9155 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Backups/UnifiedBackups.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Backups/UnifiedBackups.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useWebSocket } from '@/App';
 import { formatBytes, formatAbsoluteTime, formatRelativeTime } from '@/utils/format';
 import { createLocalStorageBooleanSignal, STORAGE_KEYS } from '@/utils/localStorage';
 import PBSCard from '@/components/Dashboard/PBSCard';
+import { parseFilterStack, evaluateFilterStack } from '@/utils/searchQuery';
 
 type BackupType = 'snapshot' | 'local' | 'remote';
 type GuestType = 'VM' | 'LXC' | 'Template' | 'ISO';
@@ -312,25 +313,52 @@ const UnifiedBackups: Component = () => {
       );
     }
 
-    // Search filter
+    // Search filter - with advanced filtering support like Dashboard
     if (search) {
-      const searchTerms = search.split(',').map(term => term.trim()).filter(term => term.length > 0);
-      data = data.filter(item => 
-        searchTerms.some(term => {
-          const searchFields = [
-            item.vmid?.toString(),
-            item.name,
-            item.node,
-            item.backupName,
-            item.description,
-            item.storage,
-            item.datastore,
-            item.namespace
-          ].filter(Boolean).map(field => field!.toString().toLowerCase());
-          
-          return searchFields.some(field => field.includes(term));
-        })
-      );
+      // Split by commas first
+      const searchParts = search.split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(t => t);
+      
+      // Separate filters from text searches
+      const filters: string[] = [];
+      const textSearches: string[] = [];
+      
+      searchParts.forEach(part => {
+        if (part.includes('>') || part.includes('<') || part.includes(':')) {
+          filters.push(part);
+        } else {
+          textSearches.push(part.toLowerCase());
+        }
+      });
+      
+      // Apply filters if any
+      if (filters.length > 0) {
+        // Join filters with AND operator
+        const filterString = filters.join(' AND ');
+        const stack = parseFilterStack(filterString);
+        if (stack.filters.length > 0) {
+          data = data.filter(item => evaluateFilterStack(item, stack));
+        }
+      }
+      
+      // Apply text search if any
+      if (textSearches.length > 0) {
+        data = data.filter(item => 
+          textSearches.some(term => {
+            const searchFields = [
+              item.vmid?.toString(),
+              item.name,
+              item.node,
+              item.backupName,
+              item.description,
+              item.storage,
+              item.datastore,
+              item.namespace
+            ].filter(Boolean).map(field => field!.toString().toLowerCase());
+            
+            return searchFields.some(field => field.includes(term));
+          })
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     // Type filter
@@ -1163,7 +1191,7 @@ const UnifiedBackups: Component = () => {
                 <input
                   ref={searchInputRef}
                   type="text"
-                  placeholder="Search VMID, Name, Node, Storage (use ',' for OR)"
+                  placeholder="Search: name, vmid:104, node:pbs1, size>1GB, type:VM"
                   value={searchTerm()}
                   onInput={(e) => {
                     if (!isSearchLocked()) {
@@ -1179,6 +1207,36 @@ const UnifiedBackups: Component = () => {
                 <svg class="absolute left-3 top-2.5 h-4 w-4 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
                   <path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M21 21l-6-6m2-5a7 7 0 11-14 0 7 7 0 0114 0z" />
                 </svg>
+                
+                {/* Help tooltip button */}
+                <button
+                  class="absolute right-3 top-2.5 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500 hover:text-gray-600 dark:hover:text-gray-300 transition-colors"
+                  onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+                  type="button"
+                  aria-label="Search help"
+                  title="Search Examples:
+• jellyfin - Find backups with 'jellyfin' in name
+• plex,media - Find backups with 'plex' OR 'media'
+• vmid:104 - Find backups for specific VM/container
+• node:pve1 - Backups from specific node
+• node:pbs-docker - Backups from specific PBS
+• size>1000000000 - Backups larger than 1GB
+• type:VM - Only VM backups
+• type:LXC - Only LXC backups
+• storage:local - Backups on specific storage
+• datastore:default - PBS backups in specific datastore
+• namespace:production - PBS backups in namespace
+• verified:true - Only verified PBS backups
+• protected:true - Only protected backups
+
+Combine searches:
+• media,size>5000000000 - 'media' AND >5GB
+• node:pbs1,type:VM - PBS1 backups AND VMs only"
+                >
+                  <svg class="h-4 w-4" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+                    <path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M13 16h-1v-4h-1m1-4h.01M21 12a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z" />
+                  </svg>
+                </button>
               </div>
               
               <button
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/searchQuery.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/searchQuery.ts
index d6d01d78a..86ef7fb6b 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/searchQuery.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/searchQuery.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export interface FilterStack {
 export function parseFilter(term: string): ParsedFilter {
   term = term.trim();
   
-  // Try to parse metric condition (e.g., "cpu>80")
-  const metricMatch = term.match(/^(cpu|memory|disk|diskRead|diskWrite|networkIn|networkOut)\s*(>|<|>=|<=|=|==)\s*(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)$/i);
+  // Try to parse metric condition (e.g., "cpu>80", "size>1000000000")
+  const metricMatch = term.match(/^(\w+)\s*(>|<|>=|<=|=|==)\s*(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)$/i);
   if (metricMatch) {
     const [, field, operator, value] = metricMatch;
     const parsedValue = parseFloat(value);
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export function parseFilter(term: string): ParsedFilter {
     };
   }
 
-  // Try to parse text condition (e.g., "name:prod")
-  const textMatch = term.match(/^(name|node|vmid)\s*:\s*(.+)$/i);
+  // Try to parse text condition (e.g., "name:prod", "storage:local", "type:VM")
+  const textMatch = term.match(/^(\w+)\s*:\s*(.+)$/i);
   if (textMatch) {
     const [, field, value] = textMatch;
     return {
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ function parseCondition(conditionStr: string): Condition | null {
     } as MetricCondition;
   }
 
-  // Try to parse text condition (e.g., "name:prod")
-  const textMatch = conditionStr.match(/^(name|node|vmid)\s*:\s*(.+)$/i);
+  // Try to parse text condition (e.g., "name:prod", "storage:local", etc.)
+  const textMatch = conditionStr.match(/^(\w+)\s*:\s*(.+)$/i);
   if (textMatch) {
     const [, field, value] = textMatch;
     return {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function parseSearchQuery(query: string): ParsedQuery {
   };
 }
 
-function evaluateMetricCondition(guest: VM | Container, condition: MetricCondition): boolean {
+function evaluateMetricCondition(guest: VM | Container | any, condition: MetricCondition): boolean {
   let value: number;
   
   switch (condition.field) {
@@ -201,7 +201,12 @@ function evaluateMetricCondition(guest: VM | Container, condition: MetricConditi
       value = guest.disk ? guest.disk.usage : 0;
       break;
     default:
-      return false;
+      // For backup-specific numeric fields like 'size'
+      if (guest[condition.field] !== undefined) {
+        value = Number(guest[condition.field]) || 0;
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
   }
 
   switch (condition.operator) {
@@ -221,17 +226,28 @@ function evaluateMetricCondition(guest: VM | Container, condition: MetricConditi
   }
 }
 
-function evaluateTextCondition(guest: VM | Container, condition: TextCondition): boolean {
+function evaluateTextCondition(guest: VM | Container | any, condition: TextCondition): boolean {
   const searchValue = condition.value.toLowerCase();
   
   switch (condition.field) {
     case 'name':
-      return guest.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue);
+      return guest.name?.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue) || false;
     case 'node':
-      return guest.node.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue);
+      return guest.node?.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue) || false;
     case 'vmid':
-      return guest.vmid.toString().includes(searchValue);
+      return guest.vmid?.toString().includes(searchValue) || false;
     default:
+      // For backup-specific fields
+      if (guest[condition.field]) {
+        const fieldValue = guest[condition.field];
+        if (typeof fieldValue === 'string') {
+          return fieldValue.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue);
+        } else if (typeof fieldValue === 'number') {
+          return fieldValue.toString().includes(searchValue);
+        } else if (typeof fieldValue === 'boolean') {
+          return fieldValue.toString() === searchValue;
+        }
+      }
       return false;
   }
 }
@@ -270,8 +286,8 @@ export function evaluateSearchQuery(guest: VM | Container, query: ParsedQuery):
   }
 }
 
-// Evaluate a filter stack against a guest
-export function evaluateFilterStack(guest: VM | Container, stack: FilterStack): boolean {
+// Evaluate a filter stack against a guest or backup item
+export function evaluateFilterStack(guest: VM | Container | any, stack: FilterStack): boolean {
   if (stack.filters.length === 0) {
     return true;
   }