iPhone Calendar Search not working iOS 17.0.2

There’s an even simpler fix:

Settings > Siri & Search > Calendar

Toggle “Show Content in Search” off, and then back on.

This basically does the same thing to reestablish calendar search without actually needing to delete it.

I was having the exact same issue with a new iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 17.0.2. This is what worked for me:

Settings>Calendar>Accounts (select the account with the calendar you are having issues searching. I chose iCloud)>iCloud>under Apps Using iCloud select Show All>Select iCloud Calendar>Toggle off Use on This iPhone>Select Delete from my iPhone>Wait 1 minute then toggle back on. Calendars will come back from your iCloud. Give it some time and search will begin working again.

Settings > tap your name > tap iCloud > Under “Apps using iCloud” tap “Show All “> tap iCloud Calendar > switch off “Use on this iPhone” > then choose “delete from my iPhone.

Wait a minute or so, and turn “Use on this iPhone” back on.

Thank you! It worked!

Settings>Your Name>iCloud>Show All>iCloud Calendar> toggle off “Use On This Phone”…wait a couple of minutes, then toggle “Use On This Phone” back on. Then wait for events to repopulate Calendar. Then search should work. It did for me!

This is so annoying. I have force reset my iPhone. Still cannot find any appointments on my calendar… exactly why I knew I should not upgrade for at least a year when the bugs are hopefully worked out. COME ON APPLE!!!!

I have tried this. Step by step. What is ‘some time’? I’ve already waited an hour. Nothing for the last 2 yrs is coming up and I still haven’t figured out how to log out of my calendar and back in. It’s frustrating as I don’t have these appts written anywhere else and as one might assume they are pretty important and not just checkups. :( I’m too old for this nonsense. It hasn’t worked for days. Thx for reaching out, you’re very nice.

I also updated to ios 7.0.1 and now I can’t find my kids appointment dates thru search… he spent 2mo in NICU and has more appointments than I had in the last 10 years, and now that…

Anyone knows how soon will that be fixed ?

Thank you so much!! @Osiris this was soooo helpful. I did not want to delete my calendar. My iCloud is maxed and I was afraid the data might not repopulate. I followed your instructions and voila! the calendar search is back working! This was truly the simplest fix!!! Cuz the search not working on my calendar was really getting annoying.

There was already an existing issue with searching in the calendars which has been going on for over a year, and that is the fact that if you edit an entry in the search results, that change isn’t reflected in the search results when iOS takes you back to that screen after the edit. This makes it confusing to see if you’ve edited or not (I typically need to change several and I can’t see where I’ve got to).

But for this new issue, bear this in mind:

It’s a new version of iOS on a new iPhone model. There’s always issues like this every time new iPhones are released. We’ll just have to wait for Apple to release iOS 17.0.3 to fix it.

Hi Stu,

These steps work because your calendar data is synced with iCloud (or another cloud service). Turning the sync off will delete the data from your iPhone, but not from the cloud. Turning it back on syncs the data back.

If you haven't already, first update your iPhone to iOS 17.1.1. That might solve any issues without having to take any other steps.

I tried to follow your advice, but I guess I screwed up & have since did a restore. Please answer these questions:

1. Do/did you keep your calendar sync'd with iCloud? (I do not...it's sync'd with Microsoft Outlook).
2. Which account do you delete? I deleted my gmail account, which didn't help & I had to add it back in. The only other account that I have is iCloud. I haven't tried deleting it, but will that work because my calendars aren't sync'd with iCloud.
3. If not, should I sync calendars with iCloud, delete calendars from iCloud & delete account, then sign in to iCloud again?

Sorry, but I'm very confused.

Amazing easy, simple fix! Thanks @osiris

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Go to Settings/ Calendar/ Accounts/ iCloud/ iCloud/ Show All (Make sure Calendar is toggled on).

Also try this - open your calendar app. At the bottom, tap Calendars. Uncheck all Calendars. Tap Done. Do a hard restart of your iPhone. Go back to Calendars and check them back on.