Spotlight Search Not Working

For the past few days, Spotlight Search hasn't been working properly. Instead, nothing shows up when I try to search something. I have tried resetting all settings a couple of times but it is still doing the same thing.

iPod touch, iOS 9.2

Posted on Aug 8, 2016 2:31 PM

11 replies

Aug 8, 2016 2:45 PM in response to Community User

Did Search work before?

In Settings>General>Spotlight Search do you have the "apps" turned on you want to search in?

Can you successfully search for an app that you know is present?


You can try:

- Restore from backup. See:

Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204184

- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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