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title: "How does Grok choose between X search and web search?"  
description: "How does Grok choose between X search and web search?"  
author: "Mikko Lehtonen"  
published: 2026-10-26  
updated: 2026-10-26  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162951/how-does-grok-choose-between-x-search-and-web-search  
category: "Grok Search"  
tags: ["grok", "X Search", "Web search", "AI Sources"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does Grok choose between X search and web search?

When I ask Grok about something current, I sometimes see it refer to posts on X and other times to pages from the [wider web](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162432/can-grok-search-x-without-also-using-the-wider-web). I can’t tell whether it chooses between those sources automatically, or whether the wording of my prompt changes what it searches.

Is there a way to tell which search route Grok used for a particular answer? I’d be interested to hear how people phrase questions when they want coverage from one source rather than the other.


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162951/how-does-grok-choose-between-x-search-and-web-search

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