How do I access hidden photo editing tools and email search in iPad 26.1 update?

The photo editing tools are now hidden, requiring a side swipe, which ruins all your work. The email search is hidden. It constantly asks to store your Facebook password when logging in on a web browser. So many extra steps. Complicated configuration. Awful!


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Original Title: Ipad 26.1 update

Posted on Feb 2, 2026 4:40 PM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2026 3:53 AM

Perhaps you refer to the Photos App perspective tools? These are not hidden, but are accessed differently to prior versions of iPadOS.


  1. Go to the Photos app  on your iPad.
  2. Tap a photo or video to open it, then tap .
  3. Tap the Crop button  .
  4. Swipe the tool selector to the left or right to expose the perspective tools.
  5. Tap the effect you want to edit, then drag the slider to make precise adjustments.






As for searching for email within the native Mail App, the search dialogue box has simply been moved - from its former location at the top of the message list, to top-right of the Mail window:


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Feb 3, 2026 3:53 AM in response to Iososickofthis

Perhaps you refer to the Photos App perspective tools? These are not hidden, but are accessed differently to prior versions of iPadOS.


  1. Go to the Photos app  on your iPad.
  2. Tap a photo or video to open it, then tap .
  3. Tap the Crop button  .
  4. Swipe the tool selector to the left or right to expose the perspective tools.
  5. Tap the effect you want to edit, then drag the slider to make precise adjustments.






As for searching for email within the native Mail App, the search dialogue box has simply been moved - from its former location at the top of the message list, to top-right of the Mail window:


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