{"id":159775,"date":"2025-09-25T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/159775\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:36:12","slug":"some-users-say-search-is-broken-in-ios-26-apples-calendar-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/159775\/","title":{"rendered":"Some users say search is broken in iOS 26 Apple&#8217;s Calendar app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Some-users-report-that-search-is-broken-in-iOS-26-Apple-Calendar-app.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Some users report that search is broken in iOS 26 Apple Calendar app | Screengrab of failed search over blurred calendar image\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some users on Reddit and elsewhere are reporting that the search function in Apple\u2019s Calendar app is broken in <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/ios-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">iOS 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those affected say that no search results are found. A workaround has been successful for some, but not for all \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Redditor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ios\/comments\/1nioiuu\/calendar_app_search_not_working\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Electronic-Squash359<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<p>I was trying to backdate some lessons and try to understand how many I have done with a particular student called Claudia \u2013 we have easily done a lesson per week for the past 2 years. When I try to search her (and many other students), I get nothing in the search results\u2026but, as you can see, the lessons are there.<\/p>\n<p>Others replied that the same thing is happening to them after they updated to iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>An Apple Support Communities user said that the company has <a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/256142543?answerId=261587578022#261587578022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">acknowledged<\/a> the issue.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed this too in iOS 26 on my iPhone 17 Pro Max and on a few of my other colleagues\u2019 iPhones for confirmation. I was on a long call with Apple Support this afternoon and they also realised there was a problem after 30 mins of \u201cchecking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Some report that autocomplete based on previous calendar entries also doesn\u2019t work. Normally, when you start typing a new calendar entry and previous ones are found with the same initial wording, it will display these as suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ios\/comments\/1nioiuu\/comment\/nfmu6q3\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">solution<\/a> has been found which fixes the problem for many, but not for all.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Settings &gt; Apps &gt; Calendar &gt; Search, turn off the two settings there, reboot your device and turn those settings back on. Wait a few minutes for the search index to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>I followed these steps and initially I didn\u2019t see it was fixed. Tried searching again in 30 minutes and everything (search) works again.<\/p>\n<p>Are you seeing this issue? 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