diff --git a/src/components/Searchbar.tsx b/src/components/Searchbar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b123de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Searchbar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import SearchIcon from "../assets/search.svg";
+
+//Values recived from CharactersPage as props
+type SearchBarProps = {
+  searchQuery: string;
+  onSearchChange: (value: string) => void;
+};
+
+export default function Searchbar({
+  searchQuery,
+  onSearchChange,
+}: SearchBarProps) {
+  return (
+    <form className="searchbar" onSubmit={(event) => event.preventDefault()}>
+      <input
+        type="search"
+        id="character-search"
+        name="search"
+        className="searchfield"
+        placeholder="Enter a character name..."
+        value={searchQuery}
+        onChange={(event) => onSearchChange(event.target.value)}
+      />
+      <button type="submit" className="search-button" aria-label="Search">
+        <img src={SearchIcon} alt="" className="search-icon" />
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/CharactersPage.tsx b/src/pages/CharactersPage.tsx
index fc16ddd..7eb9710 100644
--- a/src/pages/CharactersPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/CharactersPage.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import "./CharactersPage.css";
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
 import CharacterCardSmall from "../components/CharacterCardSmall";
 import CharacterDetailCard from "../components/CharacterDetailCard";
-import SearchIcon from "../assets/search.svg";
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import Searchbar from "../components/Searchbar";
 
 import type { Character } from "../types/Character";
 
-type FilterCategory = "gender" | "species" | "status";
+import {
+  filterCharacters,
+  type FilterCategory,
+  type SelectedFilters,
+} from "../utils/filterCharacters";
 
 const filters: { title: string; key: FilterCategory; options: string[] }[] = [
   { title: "Gender", key: "gender", options: ["Female", "Male", "Unknown"] },
@@ -18,37 +23,41 @@ const filters: { title: string; key: FilterCategory; options: string[] }[] = [
 
 // AI was used to create the fetchCharacters function
 async function fetchCharacters(): Promise<Character[]> {
-    const response = await fetch("https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character");
+  const response = await fetch("https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character");
 
-    if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error(`Could not fetch characters: ${response.status}`);
-    }
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not fetch characters: ${response.status}`);
+  }
 
-    const data = await response.json();
-    return data.results;
+  const data = await response.json();
+  return data.results;
 }
 
 export default function CharactersPage() {
-  const {data: characters = []} = useQuery({queryKey: ['characters'], queryFn: fetchCharacters});
+  const { data: characters = [] } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["characters"],
+    queryFn: fetchCharacters,
+  });
   const [selectedCharacter, setSelectedCharacter] = useState<Character | null>(
     null,
   );
-  const [searchQuery, setsearchQuery] = useState("");
-  const [selectedFilters, setSelectedFilters] = useState<
-    Record<FilterCategory, string[]>
-  >(() => {
-    const storedFilters = sessionStorage.getItem("selectedFilters");
-
-    if (storedFilters) {
-      return JSON.parse(storedFilters);
-    }
-
-    return {
-      gender: [],
-      species: [],
-      status: [],
-    };
-  });
+  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState("");
+  const [selectedFilters, setSelectedFilters] = useState<SelectedFilters>(
+    () => {
+      const storedFilters = sessionStorage.getItem("selectedFilters");
+
+      if (storedFilters) {
+        return JSON.parse(storedFilters);
+      }
+
+      return {
+        gender: [],
+        species: [],
+        status: [],
+      };
+    },
+  );
+
   const [favoriteCharacterIds, setFavoriteCharacterIds] = useState<number[]>(
     () => {
       const storedFavorites = localStorage.getItem("favoriteCharacterIds");
@@ -72,22 +81,11 @@ export default function CharactersPage() {
     );
   }, [favoriteCharacterIds]);
 
-  const filteredCharacters = characters.filter((character) => {
-    const matchesSearch = character.name
-      .toLowerCase()
-      .includes(searchQuery.toLowerCase());
-    const matchesFilters = filters.every((filter) => {
-      const selectedOptions = selectedFilters[filter.key];
-
-      if (selectedOptions.length === 0) {
-        return true;
-      }
-
-      return selectedOptions.includes(character[filter.key].toLowerCase());
-    });
-
-    return matchesSearch && matchesFilters;
-  });
+  const filteredCharacters = filterCharacters(
+    characters,
+    searchQuery,
+    selectedFilters,
+  );
 
   function handleFilterChange(
     category: FilterCategory,
@@ -145,23 +143,7 @@ export default function CharactersPage() {
   return (
     <section className="content">
       <section className="search-area" aria-label="Characters">
-        <form
-          className="searchbar"
-          onSubmit={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
-        >
-          <input
-            type="search"
-            id="character-search"
-            name="search"
-            className="searchfield"
-            placeholder="Enter character name..."
-            value={searchQuery}
-            onChange={(event) => setsearchQuery(event.target.value)}
-          />
-          <button type="submit" className="search-button">
-            <img src={SearchIcon} alt="" className="search-icon" />
-          </button>
-        </form>
+        <Searchbar searchQuery={searchQuery} onSearchChange={setSearchQuery} />
         <section className="character-cards">
           {filteredCharacters.map((character) => (
             <CharacterCardSmall
diff --git a/src/utils/filterCharacters.ts b/src/utils/filterCharacters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fca1564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/filterCharacters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { Character } from "../types/Character";
+
+export type FilterCategory = "gender" | "species" | "status";
+export type SelectedFilters = Record<FilterCategory, string[]>;
+
+export function filterCharacters(
+  // Takes in all characters, the value in the search field and the chosen filters
+  characters: Character[],
+  searchQuery: string,
+  selectedFilters: SelectedFilters,
+): Character[] {
+  return characters.filter((character) => {
+    //Checks whether each character's name matches with the search and if the character's gender, specie or status is checked off in the filter
+    const matchesSearch = character.name
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .includes(searchQuery.toLowerCase());
+
+    const matchesGender =
+      selectedFilters.gender.length === 0 ||
+      selectedFilters.gender.includes(character.gender.toLowerCase());
+
+    const matchesSpecies =
+      selectedFilters.species.length === 0 ||
+      selectedFilters.species.includes(character.species.toLowerCase());
+
+    const matchesStatus =
+      selectedFilters.status.length === 0 ||
+      selectedFilters.status.includes(character.status.toLowerCase());
+    //Returns the result of the checks mentioned above
+    return matchesSearch && matchesGender && matchesSpecies && matchesStatus;
+  });
+}