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- Swipe down from the middle of the Home screen. Tap the Search field, then enter what you're looking for. As you type, Search updates results in real time. To see more results, tap Show More or search directly in an app by tapping Search in App. Tap a search result to open it.
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- Choose which apps to include in Search
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- Turn off Location-Based Suggestions
- Search in apps
- Add a dictionary
On iPhone, you can search for apps and contacts, content in apps like Mail and Messages, and even text in your photos using Live Text. You can check stock and currency information, and find and open webpages, apps, and images in your photo library, across your system, and on the web.
When you search for an app, app shortcuts for your most likely next action appear within the Top Hit. (For example, a shortcut to the Favorites album appears when you search for Photos.)
1.Go to Settings > Siri & Search.
2.Scroll down, tap an app, then turn Show App in Search on or off.
1.Tap at the bottom of the Home Screen (on models with Face ID) or swipe down on the Home Screen or the Lock Screen.
2.Enter what you’re looking for in the search field.
3.Do any of the following:
•Initiate your search: Tap Search or Go.
•Open a suggested app: Tap the app.
•Take quick action: Start a timer, turn on a Focus, find the name of a song with Shazam, run any shortcut, and more. Search for an app’s name to see shortcuts available for the app, or create your own using the Shortcuts app.
1.Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services.
2.Tap System Services, then turn off Suggestions & Search.
Many apps include a search field or a search button so you can find something within the app. For example, in the Maps app, you can search for a specific location.
1.In an app, tap the search field or .
If you don’t see a search field or button, swipe down from the top.
2.Type your search, then tap Search.
On iPhone, you can add dictionaries, which can be used in searches.
1.Go to Settings > General > Dictionary.
2.Select a dictionary.
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Sep 20, 2015 · Use Spotlight to search your email, messages, music, or practially anything else. It also searches apps installed on your device, so you can start typing an app's name and tap it to launch it without locating that app's icon somewhere on your homescreen.
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- Use App shortcuts directly within Spotlight. iOS allows you to open apps directly on Spotlight but if you want to access a specific section of the app directly, you can do that using its app shortcut like you would on your iOS Home Screen.
- Delete apps from Spotlight. You can also uninstall apps on your iPhone directly within Spotlight. Launch Spotlight and find the app you want to remove from your device by searching for it on the search bar.
- Move apps from Spotlight to Home Screen. If you want to move a newly installed app or an existing one onto your iOS Home Screen, you would generally search for it on the App Library and drag and drop it on the desired home screen page.
- Use Spotlight from your lock screen. When it was first introduced, Spotlight was accessible from the left of the Home Screen. Now, you can access it simply by swiping downwards on the Home Screen or from within your iPhone’s Lock Screen using the same gesture, even when the device is locked.
- Install, move, and delete apps directly from Spotlight. Downloading the apps has never been easier. You can get an option to download the app directly from Spotlight Search if you don’t have the app on your iPhone.
- Search text within photos. The best feature I felt of the Spotlight Search is its ability to search text within photos using Live Text. This feature extracts the text from your photos and helps you copy, paste, and take action based on the text present in the photo.
- Search from iPhone’s Home Screen. While my thirst for big-screen iPhones is not going away, Apple has added a Spotlight Search bar at the bottom of the screen that helps us use iPhones with one hand.
- More options for contacts. The contact screen has gotten a major refresh with iOS 16. It provides contextual results like your last call or message to a particular contact and shows actions from other apps.
There you can activate and deactivate certain content (apps, suggestions, etc.) that Spotlight should search in. To search on iPhone, you need to access the Spotlight search feature. Here's a guide on how to use Spotlight Search on iPhone and how to customize your results.
Nov 2, 2021 · You can open Spotlight (also called Search) from any Home screen on your device; simply swipe from top to bottom to show it. If you prefer, you can also swipe from right to left on your leftmost Home screen to access the Today View. There, tap inside the Search box, which reveals the same Spotlight panel.
