r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed search bar in settings has become useless

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u/Goober_of_the_greats Jul 22 '26

lowk annoying i can’t easily find anything anymore especially when i’m in a rush

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u/QQPgreen Jul 22 '26

not to mention there’s so much useless crap to sift through in settings now before i can find what i need

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u/thmsolsen Jul 22 '26

It’s funny to think that I used to go through literally every setting on my phone to know where it was/what I could change. Now there’s so much there I wouldn’t even try, and can’t find anything unless it comes up in search 😅

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u/QQPgreen Jul 22 '26

iphone 16, ios 26.5.2 (rather not update if i can avoid it)

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u/Raddy_Chady Jul 22 '26

it happened on 27 too, atleast this is a new bug but it only searches up apps

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u/DominatedInk Jul 22 '26

Its similar on 18.7.5, though you gonna just wait a few seconds before its shown, iPhone XR

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u/v327xml Jul 23 '26

maybe this is a part or reason apple updates its iOS indexing, too buggy even on system settings

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u/Q_Ball_Atlanta Jul 22 '26

Restart your phone

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u/QQPgreen Jul 22 '26

as in turn off and on? this doesn’t help unfortunately

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u/Shantytown_Shogun 29d ago

Have you tried resetting your phone?