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huntfor Author

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47 points

iOS 18 Mail Search Results Limited on iPhone 16

iOS 18. iPhone 16. I can receive and send mail normally. No problem.

The issue is when searching for email subjects, there are a little or no results. I know for sure that I have many results for a specific topic especially when dealing with my website.

I'm getting this message:

"Some Results May Not Appear. Mail downloads and organizes messages when iPhone is locked, charging, and connected to Wi-Fi. Large accounts like this may take longer."

I've always been able to search email and get many results all along until recently.

My phone has been locked, charging and connected to Wi-Fi all the time when I'm not taking it outside. Nothing changes.

I've done force restarts and have the latest iOS.

Any advice, please? Thanks!

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iPhone 16

Posted on Oct 3, 2024 8:17 PM

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MrTBoneMendez

Level 1

20 points

Posted on Nov 17, 2024 3:46 AM

I am encountering the same issue on iPhone 14 Pro Max with 18.1 installed. It is really annoying as I am basically not able to find mails in my inbox anymore. All search results are almost a month old or older. Newer mails are never found.

When will there be a fix??

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huntfor Author

Level 1

47 points

Dec 6, 2024 12:13 PM in response to Valandil2009

I removed my main two mail accounts and added them back again. The same message is still at the bottom about “some results may not appear“.

Jan 22, 2025 12:15 PM in response to huntfor

Thank you huntfor! Really appreciate this help. I will try it. Really pathetic that Apple has to play games with us like this. It’s such a basic function.

huntfor Author

Level 1

47 points

Dec 7, 2024 2:37 PM in response to stan1566

Thank you for the solution! I deleted my two main Email accounts, one at a time, and checked that nothing got messed up.

It was really easy to set them up again because everything was prefilled.

Now I have mail all the way back to 2006 or probably earlier than that, but I was looking for something from iPhone Life magazine and I found it!

huntfor Author

Level 1

47 points

Dec 13, 2024 1:15 PM in response to adfriedman2

Here are the steps to remove your account and then to add it back in.

To reset your Mail account:

Open SETTINGS and scroll down to the bottom to APPS. Tap on Mail.

Tap on Mail accounts.

Select the email account that you want to delete/reset. DO NOT CHOOSE THE iCloud ACCOUNT.

Tap delete and confirm delete.

You don’t have to, but I power off (shut down/reboot) my phone after I make changes like this.

TO ADD A MAIL ACCOUNT BACK IN:

Settings > Apps > Mail > Mail accounts. Tap Add Account.

Select your mail provider ( yahoo Google, etc.) you’ll be prompted to sign in.

SAVE. You may have to rename the account unless you just have one account for yahoo or Gmail or whichever one you use.

Also, I went back to the settings and changed archive to trash.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Nov 25, 2024 9:07 AM in response to huntfor

The fix: use outlook app

huntfor Author

Level 1

47 points

Nov 28, 2024 10:13 AM in response to stan1566

Did you have to set them all up again? I have multiple accounts.

huntfor Author

Level 1

47 points

Nov 28, 2024 4:24 PM in response to stan1566

I may save this for a rainy day! LOL! I’m feeling like a procrastinator when it comes to this email issue. I have the iPhone 16 but the same thing happened on my iPhone 15 Pro Max.