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Search within a contact’s notes

How does one search for a key word within a contact’s notes? Thank you.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 12:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2022 8:26 PM

When you open a particular card in Contacts, you no longer have the ability to enter a search, so I would have to say no. If you are entering that much information in your individual card, you may be better off creating a note in the Notes app with that info, and you can search notes.

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Feb 10, 2022 7:16 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

That's useful, thank you, although my challenge is a bit different.

I store so much miscellaneous information in my own contact card (eg: "My Card") that it can be tough to find the right info on my phone without scrolling and scrolling to find it (or not). On my PC (Windows 10 with Outlook) it is easy to search a particular card from within that card for a particular word in the card, and presto, up it comes from pages of card info. Can I do that on my new iphone13 ... search a particular card for a particular word?

Many thanks.

Cheers

Feb 10, 2022 8:58 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Thank you for helping me make the leap to using 'notes' in a separate app, so I copied the text from the notes section of the contact card to a separate note in the Notes app.

Yes, so now in Notes on the ipone, in a particular note, click on top right menu button then select "Find in Note" and it works great.

Thank you. (it would of course be easier to search in the notes section of the original contact in the contacts app and have one less app to use, but I'll make the transition to the 'Notes" app, thanks again). Problem solved!

Cheers

Search within a contact’s notes

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