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HOW TO USE SEARCH TO LOOK UP ANYTHING ON YOUR IPHONE
By Alvin Wanjala
Updated Feb 27, 2023
Looking for an app, a contact, an email, a website, or any other information?
Use the Search feature on your iPhone to find it in an instant.
Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our
site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More.
The iPhone has so many built-in features that it can be hard to know all of
them, let alone how to use them. Search is one of those features available in
iOS that you may not know of yet. It's also available on macOS, though it's
known as Spotlight there. It allows you to search for anything across your
device.
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With Search or Spotlight, it's easy to look up anything on your iPhone, saving
you lots of time juggling between different apps. Here's how to use Search on
your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
HOW TO USE SEARCH ON AN IPHONE, IPAD, OR IPOD TOUCH
Search works the same on an iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It's a quick way to
find anything, not just on your device but also on the web.
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to use Search properly on iOS and iPadOS
devices:
1. From your Home Screen, swipe down from the middle of the screen.
Alternatively, if you update your iPhone to iOS 16, you can launch it using
the Search button above the Dock on the Home Screen.
2. A search bar should appear. Type an appropriate keyword for what you're
looking for. For example, if you want to search for apps on your iPhone,
like Telegram, type the app name in the search bar.
3. Search will showcase the matching results in real-time as you start typing.
4. Tap on a search result to open it.
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To see more results from an app, tap Show More. Alternatively, select Search in
App. You can also scroll down to look for more suggestions.
If you search for apps that are not installed on your iPhone, you'll need to
look for search results from the App Store by scrolling down the page and
selecting Search App Store under Search in Apps at the bottom. This will open
App Store, and you'll see matching apps you can tap to download and install.
Note that app options available under Search in Apps are dynamic. So, depending
on what you're looking for, Search will showcase a wide variety of apps to open
and find items that match your search term.
WHAT CAN YOU FIND WITH SEARCH ON AN IPHONE?
Search is a handy feature on the iPhone, using which you can find anything
locally stored on your iPhone and on the web. You can search for iPhone apps,
media files, documents, contacts, pictures, etc.
You can also use Search to look for a specific setting inside your iPhone, iPad,
or iPod touch, directly skipping all the hoops you'd have to jump through
otherwise when using the dedicated Settings app.
In other words, Search can help you find just about anything. If you can't see
results from a specific app, open the Settings app, select Siri & Search, find
the app of interest, and tap it. Ensure toggles for Show App in Search, Suggest
App, and Show Content in Search are all enabled. If the problem persists,
explore other ways to find missing apps on iPhone.
SEARCH FASTER ON YOUR IPHONE
Search is a nifty feature baked into iOS that allows you to launch an app, find
a setting, and even look up anything on the web. It's readily accessible from
your Home Screen, which makes it even better. And the iOS 16 update makes it
even easier to launch it.
Search is also available on the Mac, under the name of Spotlight, and it's even
more helpful there since you probably keep more files on your Mac than on your
iPhone. It works pretty much the same way, and you can launch it with a simple
keyboard shortcut.
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About The Author
Alvin Wanjala • Senior Writer for Android (469 Articles Published)
Alvin Wanjala is a Senior Writer for Android at MakeUseOf and a software
developer. As an avid Android user who fell in love with the ecosystem after
getting his first device in 2013, he focuses on helping users get the most out
of their devices. But being a tech enthusiast who uses multiple platforms daily,
he also covers iOS, Mac, Social Media, and other topics in the wide spectrum of
consumer technology.
Alvin started writing in 2018 on his personal tech blog and professionally in
2019 at TechTrendsKE, where he covered general technology news and product
reviews. Since then, his work has been featured on XDA Developers and several
other technology websites.
Aside from writing, he's pursuing a second degree in IT, focusing on software
development.
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