HT201285: Use Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Crysbuilds5

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Q: How do you permenatly delete text messages from spotlight search on iPhone 4S?

How to permenatly delete text messages from iPhone 4S on the spotlight search

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 6:35 PM

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Q: How do you permenatly delete text messages from spotlight search on iPhone 4S?

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by timmmb,

timmmb Dec 27, 2012 2:35 PM in response to Crysbuilds5
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Dec 27, 2012 2:35 PM in response to Crysbuilds5

This really needs to be resolved! One would think that if a message is deleted from the Messages app that it'd disappear altogether and Spotlight wouldn't still have it!

My solution was to remove Messages altogether from Spotlight search (as I rarely ever search for them)
Settings > General > Spotlight Search > Untick Messages
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by ladyinpa,

ladyinpa Feb 19, 2013 12:51 PM in response to timmmb
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Feb 19, 2013 12:51 PM in response to timmmb

If it's ever turned back on all the old texts are still there though, how do we make sure it doesn't come up at all?
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by whitepeacock,

whitepeacock Jan 10, 2014 3:28 PM in response to timmmb
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Jan 10, 2014 3:28 PM in response to timmmb

Thank you so much!!!!
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