The search bar has moved to the bottom of the home page previously we could move it back to the top that option is not available. Please add the option back having it at the bottom makes the search bar cumbersome and less user friendly
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Original Title: Search bar
geraldinefromvista wrote:
This didn’t work for me. I read that it’s not possible to move it. So frustrating when things are randomly changed with no option to customize.
Not sure what you are referring to since you replied to a post about moving the search bar to the top in Safari and this post is about moving the search bar on the Home Screen. Safari is the only app that will let you move the search bar to the top.
You are correct there are many things that you cannot customize and that has always been the case. Emojis are added all the time and you cannot control any of those or choose which ones you want. Adding more Settings for additional changes does not seem to be the answer either as many users also complain that there are already too many Settings and some have made changes and then forgot where it was to change it back. We are constantly navigating users to an exact Setting that they did not mean to change as some end up being nested many screens deep with the number of options currently available.
I guess you cannot make everyone happy, but you can certainly send your Feedback to Apple, since they won't see your post here on a user to user support site.
Thanks for the response. Shame about that.
(Yes - I never use search - it’s my phone - I know where to find everything…)
Using search in Contacts is a life saver for me. And in Calendar, to find out when I last had my feet done is quicker to search for 'Podiatrist'. I envy your memory recall!
No problem switching safari back to the top
all of the other screens have the search bar on the bottom
Agreed
Understand your point about having too many settings - but if Apple had left the bar where it was, then people wouldn’t be looking for a setting to put it back :)
I have not seen the Search Bar for spotlight on the Home Screen appear on the top since iOS 15, with the current option being to remove it from the Home Screen. Maybe someone more familiar with it than me may be able to chime in with more details. I also played around with an old device using iOS 16 and the Search Bar remained on the bottom there too. Out of curiosity, which option are you referring to that you could previously move it to the top.
I can suggest Feedback, but I understand that is not the resolution you were looking for.
Wbblack85 wrote:
Unfortunately I cannot get into my old phone and look at the setting.
Just checking, I have not see an option to move the search bar to the top in any of the previous iOS version, since it was moved to the bottom in iOS 16, that would have not been allowed specifically in iOS 26.
emmyyyy wrote:
I did that, and for whatever reason, it didn’t update in Safari. Did you have to reset?
Nope, no reset are even a restart is required. If it did not work for you, then try a restart, but I did not need to do that.
BartlettFarm wrote:
No problem switching safari back to the top
all of the other screens have the search bar on the bottom
And they will stay there unless maybe 100,000 people post their preference at https://apple.com/feedback
LD150 wrote:
BartlettFarm wrote:
No problem switching safari back to the top
all of the other screens have the search bar on the bottom
And they will stay there unless maybe 100,000 people post their preference at https://apple.com/feedback
You think it will only take 100,000? I would have thought more.
No the search bar on the Home Screen. I know how to change Safari.
emmyyyy wrote:
How do you change it back in Safari? I updated the tab section in Settings, but it didn’t change anything. The URL bar is still at the bottom.
Settings, Apps,Safari
This has been infuriating me
How to move the search bar back to the top on iPhone home page?
