I have a long email, and I’d like to find all the instances of action items that have my name on them
I’d like to perform this request from within the email in question (otherwise searching from the mail folder returns every email!)
On a computer, I simply press ctrl f
Is there a way to do this on iphone?
iPhone 13 Pro Max
HI jeffrayner,
There's no way to perform this type of search within an email on your iPhone. You can leave feedback on this feature request for Apple here: Product Feedback - Apple
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities, and have a great day!
Hello jeffrayner,
This page can help out with providing the available ways of searching within emails on the iPhone's Mail app: Search for email in Mail on iPhone - Apple Support
Search for text in an email
1. From a mailbox, swipe down to reveal the search field, tap it, then type the text you’re looking for.
2. Choose between searching all mailboxes or the current mailbox above the results list.
3. Tap search, then tap an email in the results list to read it.
Mail searches the address fields, the subject, the email body, documents, and links. The most relevant emails appear in Top Hits above the search suggestions as you type.
Search by timeframe
1. Tap the search field of a mailbox list.
2. Enter a timeframe, like “September,” then tapto see all emails from that timeframe.
3. To narrow the search, tap the search field again, then enter a keyword, like “meeting.”
Search by email attributes
1. In an inbox, tap the search field.
2. Before you begin typing, you may see suggested recent searches, recent documents, and links listed.
3. Enter your search criteria, then tap one of the listed items, or do any of the following:
* Find all flagged emails: Enter “flag” in the search field, scroll down, then tap Flagged Messages below Other.
* Find all unread emails: Enter “unread” in the search field, scroll down, then tap Unread Messages below Other.
* Find all emails with attachments: Enter “attachment” in the search field, scroll down, then tap Messages with Attachments below Other.
If you happen to find that you'd like to search via other means that aren't listed on that page then you may opt to leave feedback for Apple using this link: Product Feedback - Apple
Cheers.
Thanks for the response @eric_g1
But alas that doesn’t help.
The situation is that I need to look at all instances in a single email, not instances among multiple emails in an mailbox.
Within the email, I want to find all instances of a word, and move between them.
If I’m correct, your approach merely shows which emails mention the word. It doesn’t help with how many times that word is mentioned, or enable me to jump between the multiple instances
if I do a search in outlook, I can perform this task simply with control f (find instances of this word)
in summary, for most clarity, this search feature should be available within the email in question, but from what I gather this is not currently possible in mail
Finding occurrences of words in a single email
