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This isn’t a question, it’s a solution for revealing the Search Bar on an iPad (16.2). It was provided in a previous post in 2019.
Do you think Apple would have corrected the erroneous documentation? Well, they have not.
The Search Bar is NOT revealed by swiping down from the top of the screen. Reveal Search by swiping down between icons.
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Correct.
If you are looking to Search from the Home Screen, using the Spotlight search feature, simply touch any empty area of a Home Screen with your finger - other than the extreme edges edges or corners of the screen - and swipe downwards to expose the Search dialogue.
More information about Spotlight Search can be found here:
Use Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Perhaps you have misinterpreted my reply to your post…
You are correct in asserting that the Spotlight Search dialogue is not accessed by a finger-swipe from the top-edge of the screen - but is instead exposed with a downward sipe from any empty area of a Home Screen.
Apple’s documentation is also correct in its guidance:
Use Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Contrary to Apple’s instructions, swipe down from any area between the icons of your main screen; not from the top. That should do it!
Search bar missing - Apple Community
Your reply applies to iPhones. That method doesn’t work on iPad. The swipe is not from the top of the screen. Search for the post of 2019 to read the solution for iPads. It took me about 2 hours to find it. I’ll try to find it for you.
Incorrect. Read the post again. No additional information is required. This is about the drop-down Search Bar.
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