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Searches within iPhone don’t take search terms literally

I want to know how to get searches within iOS devices (not on the Internet) to find exactly the search term I enter. I get so many false hits that it’s useless.

For example, when I search for “Beth”, I don’t want to find “both”.

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 20, 2023 3:37 PM

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Apr 26, 2023 10:46 AM in response to Pigmeat

Pigmeat wrote:

I forgot to mention that it happens only within the Notes app.

Oh, that’s a huge thing to forget - it changes the question completely!


In this case, that is a feature of search within Notes - it allows for the possibility of a typo or inexact request. For example, when I search Notes for “Beth”, I even find the notes containing “better”.

Searches within iPhone don’t take search terms literally

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