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For anyone wondering, you can search your iMessages on iPhone by going to the message app, pull down and type what you want in the search bar on top.
by tamimio 3y ago
For anyone wondering, you can search your iMessages on iPhone by going to the message app, pull down and type what you want in the search bar on top.
- amatecha 3y agoOddly this doesn't always give results for me, for things I KNOW are in my messages. All my iMessage history is on-device (I don't use and will never use iCloud backup). Pretty disappointing :\
- tamimio 3y agoYeah I don’t use iCloud either, but that method always worked for me, where it does fail for you?! What’s the scenario where it doesn’t return what you were looking for?
- amatecha 3y agoOh it's just like some arbitrary limitation, like the search function only goes so far back, or something. No clue, I haven't narrowed down the exact factors that determine whether my search will get a result or not
- ketzo 3y agoSupposedly iMessage search is getting way better in iOS 17. Fingers crossed.
- egonschiele 3y agoThis doesn't return all messages unfortunately, and the way the algorithm works, it will return a few results at a time, forcing you to re-pull for more results. I wanted all the messages I had received from my dad, and it was impossible to do this way.