Calendar Search not working on iPhone

I was just on the phone with Apple support about this same issue and here is the fix that they gave me that worked: Settings>Mail>Account (select the correct account)>Calendar

then toggle OFF calendar. It asks if you want to delete the account and you accept. After about a minute, toggle it back on, and the calendar entries will start repopulating, and the search function will start working. Depending on how many calendar entries you have, it will take a while to update, but I have thousands and it updated in less than one hour. Search function works again.

Fixed this in iOS 16.6 via settings->siri and search-> calendar then toggled off and on again both “show app in search” and “show content in search.” Prior to this search calendar only showed birthdays, after I see entries 10+ years old

Thank you SOOO MUCH! I’ve been working on this for days and was going to return my new phone! I didn’t realize that my calendar is not an iCloud calendar, it’s Gmail and this was the answer! I’ve tried everything that everyone else said and yours hit the jackpot! I cannot thank you enough! This was your fix:

Settings>Mail>Account (select the correct account)>Calendar

then toggle OFF calendar. It asks if you want to delete the account and you accept. After about a minute, toggle it back on, and the calendar entries will start repopulating, and the search function will start working. Depending on how many calendar entries you have, it will take a while to update, but I have thousands and it updated in less than one hour. Search function works again.

Hi Michelle Schloot,

Have you tried restarting your iPhone since noticing this happening? It's a simple step, but it can sometimes resolve unexpected issues, therefore worth a try.

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

How to restart your iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, or later

1. Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.

2. Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.

3. To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo.

For other iPhone models, see the above article.

Test, and if you're still not getting any search results, we'd advise to contact Apple Support. Let them know what's happening, so they can take a closer took at this issue.

Apple Support

Take care!

iPhone 11. Running 16.6.

I restarted phone, went to settings-> calendar-> accounts. Selected my primary email account. I toggled Calendar. Wait 15 sec. Toggle it back on. Exit settings. Open calendar. It was reloading and quickly my search function restored.

I went in iCloud—>calendar—>turn off use on this iPhone —>(when it asks what would you like to do with the previously synched iCloud calendars on your iPhone) choose keep on my phone —>turn on “use on this iPhone again”. Then I was able to search all the previous calendar events.

Going to “Siri & Search” first in settings then to calendar was not intuitive. Thanks for this recommendation as it worked even in iOS 17.

Settings-> Siri & search-> Calendar-> Toggling off then on the “App in search” and “show in search”

After initially restarting my iPhone, I was able to fix my calendar search issue by going to Mail-> Calendar and turning each account off. Selected Yes to Delete from my iPhone. Then I went to Apple ID -> iCloud-> Apps using iCloud and turned off Calendar there. Then back to each mail account and turned each calendar back on.

The last step was to turn Calendar back on in iCloud-> Apps using iCloud. This did the trick for me when restarting or doing the two parts by themselves didn’t. iPhone 13 Pro Max running iOS 16.2

I had this issue after updating to iOS 17. My fix is slightly different because my calendar events are connected to my iCloud account, not an email server. If yours are too, try this:

-go to settings

-select your Apple ID

-select iCloud

-under “Apps Using iCloud” touch “Show All”

-find “iCloud Calendar” and toggle it off where it says “Use on this iPhone.” Select “delete from this phone” to confirm. Your events will come back when you turn it back on after a minute or two.

It took a little bit for the events to repopulate, but when they did, my search function works again!

The other replies didn’t work for me, but what DID work was changing the sync setting for the calendar app in the settings app. See below:

settings>calendar>sync>change to something besides “all events”>change BACK to “all events”

This happened to me when I upgraded phones.

I only have one personal calendar, which is synced through Gmail and iCloud. My new iPhone has iOS 17.4.1.

I tried all the non-delete options first, but they didn’t work. I was able to fix by deleting the calendar and then turning the sync back on.

I went to Calendar -> Accounts and selected my Google calendar. Then I toggled Calendars off, and when prompted chose delete. Then I toggle back on.

My calendar was empty at first but immediately started repopulating. Search subsequently worked.

Don’t try this if your calendar lives ONLY in your phone and isn’t syncing with something.

This worked for me: settings > icloud > apps using icloud (show all) > icloud calendar > toggle off use on this iphone > delete from my iphone (this might seem scary but it worked for me) > toggle back on > go to calendar and it should populate

I hope this works for you too! :)

I tried all suggestions on this page and here’s the only one that worked for calendar search…..Settings-mail-accounts-turn off account calendar you use for calendar-go back to settings-apple id-icloud-show all-icloud calendar (not calendar) and turn it off-go back to accounts and turn on account calendar-go back to iCloud calendar, turn it on and events should repopulate.

What worked for me is that i went to settings then icloud and toggle off my icloud calendar. I had to choose to delete all entries from the calendar then turn on icloud calendar again. My calendar repopulated and i can search entries now.

I had same issue and all got fixed after I went under iCloud and turn off and then back on the calendar function.

I was able to see appointments in the past or future but the search function was showing none or only a select few of them.

I hope this helkps, it was driving me crazy!:-)