Use iPod touch to search

When you search on iPod touch, you get results from the Internet, from media and other content on your iPod touch, from the App Store and the iTunes Store, and from your apps, like Maps and Contacts. Powered by Siri, Search offers suggestions and updates results as you type. In Settings , you can specify which apps you want to be included in search results.

Search with iPod touch

Swipe down from the middle of the Home 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.

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.

Turn off Suggestions in Search

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

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 button (if there is one).
If you don’t see a search field or button, swipe down from the top.
Type your search, then tap Search.

Helpful?

iPod touch User Guide