Use iPod touch to search

On iPod touch, you can search for apps and contacts, content inside apps like Mail, Messages, and Photos, and even text in your photos. You can find and open webpages, find images, and find information about artists, entertainers, TV shows, and movies. You can also check stock and currency information and perform calculations, including unit conversions.

You can search from anywhere on iPod touch—even the Lock Screen—and choose which apps you want to include in search results. Search offers suggestions based on your use of the apps and updates results as you type.

Choose which apps to include in Search

Go to Settings > Siri & Search.
Scroll down, tap an app, then turn Show in Search on or off.

Search with iPod touch

Swipe down from the middle of the Home Screen or the Lock Screen.
Tap the search field, then enter what you’re looking for.
Do any of the following:
- Hide the keyboard and see more results on the screen: Tap Search.
- Open a suggested app: Tap it.
- Get more information about a search suggestion: Tap it, then tap one of the results to open it.
- Start a new search: Tap in the search field.

Turn off Suggestions in Search

Go to Settings > Siri & Search, then turn off Suggestions while Searching.

Turn off Location Services for suggestions

Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
Tap System Services, then turn off Location-Based Suggestions.

Search in apps

Many apps include a search field or a search button so you can find something within the app. For example, in the Maps app, you can search for a specific location.

In an app, tap the search field or .
If you don’t see a search field or button, swipe down from the top.
Type your search, then tap Search.

Add a dictionary

On iPod touch, you can add dictionaries, which can be used in searches.

Go to Settings > General > Dictionary.
Select a dictionary.

Helpful?

iPod touch User Guide