iPhone Calendar Search not working iOS 17.0.2

Everyone still having issues, please check Settings > Calendar > Sync. Makes sure that’s set to “All Events” if that’s what you desire.

If you’re not using iCloud Calendar, likely none of these steps will help.

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This worked for me on iPhone 14 Pro iOS 17.3.1

All events were synced but calendar search was only pulling up partial results.

i followed these instructions (toggled “Siri & search settings” off & on for calendar), then waited a little bit (maybe 30 mins for 1000s of events)

thanks for sharing this suggestion!

You genius! I've just upgraded to a new iPhone 15 Pro Max iOS 17.4.1. Search in Calendar not working. So many complex fix suggestions on the web- and the Siri and Search fixed the problem, - thank you sooo much! An easy fix, but not intuitive at all, don't know how you discovered it !!!

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has any suggestions. I tried the fix which doesn’t involve deleting your calendar and the search found things from 10 years ago, but nothing recent. Feel too nervous to delete the calendar as my work and whole life are on it!

many thanks in advance

What finally worked for me was:

1. I restored my phone to a time before the problems started. (I do a full backup on iTunes before every time I sync my iPhone).
2. I had 2 calendar apps (in addition to the one that comes with the iPhone).
3. I deleted both of them & reinstalled them from the app store.

Everything worked after that. Hope this helps.

Have you tried logging into iCloud...if you sync contacts with iCloud? Or, do you sync contacts with Outlook on your computer? Check if your contacts are in Outlook. If so, you should be able to recover by

1. Opening iTunes
2. Plugging your iPhone in
3. Clicking the iPhone icon at the top near the left side
4. Click Info & make sure that you sync contacts with Outlook.

P.S. To be on the safe side, make sure you backup your Outlook.pst file before syncing.

Where are calendar events stored? Not on iCloud?

You have not mentioned where your calendar events are? Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

Refer to the pic below, you may get your answer

Which is your default calendar? Settings > Calendar > Default Calendar

Settings > Calendar > Sync > [All Events] - Watch the GIF below

I was having the same issue with a calendar I share with someone else (who wasn’t having trouble searching). This worked for me. Thanks very much.

This depends upon where you sync your contacts. Do you sync with iCloud or with Outlook?

If you sync with iCloud, you should be able to recover by signing into iCloud. If you sync with Outlook (I only sync my Calendars with Outlook), you should find them with certain steps:

1. Open iTunes

2. Plug in your iPhone

3. Click on the icon I've shown.

4. On the left side, click on "info".

You should then see this setting:

I'll post this again, since it hasn't shown up. Do you sync your iPhone contacts with iCloud or with Outlook? If iCloud, sign into iCloud. You'll see this in the upper right corner.Click on the dots & you'll see a choice including contacts. Click on it & see if it's there.

If you use Outlook, open iTunes, plug your iPhone into the computer. You'll see an icon for the iPhone in the top row, near the left sideclick on it, then click on info. You should see this:

and after clicking Info, this:

I sync my calendars, not my contacts, but if you sync contacts with Outlook, you may be able to recover it.

when i search for a specific word on my MacBook calendar, it shows no results, but the word appears on my calendar.

I’ve updated to 17.0.2

I can search on my iPhone calendar app and see my calendar events back to 2015 in search.

On the calendar itself, those events are not showing on my iPhone, though they are on my iPad.

I have the same settings for iCloud, for the calendar etc on both my iPhone and iPad.

I hope this is just some sort of glitch for iOS 17 that can be sorted out.

My iPad not compatible with iOS 17. It is updated as far as iOS 16.7

So I tried the work around but the issue is my calendar is through my iCloud, so when I click on the account it just sends me to my iCloud profile with no way for me to turn off the calendar. I already attempted my other accounts but all of my events are through iCloud. Any other suggestions?

Sorry to hear you’re having issues Livrlady. I was so frustrated too! My search was working but couldn’t see my appts back to 2010 on my iPhone calendar but they were all on my iPad.

I found the same sort of instructions ARPU99 and they worked.

I sure hope if you try again it will work.