The search bar has moved to the bottom of the home page previously we could move it back to the top that option is not available. Please add the option back having it at the bottom makes the search bar cumbersome and less user friendly
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Original Title: Search bar
LD150 wrote:
BartlettFarm wrote:
No problem switching safari back to the top
all of the other screens have the search bar on the bottom
And they will stay there unless maybe 100,000 people post their preference at https://apple.com/feedback
You think it will only take 100,000? I would have thought more.
I have not seen the Search Bar for spotlight on the Home Screen appear on the top since iOS 15, with the current option being to remove it from the Home Screen. Maybe someone more familiar with it than me may be able to chime in with more details. I also played around with an old device using iOS 16 and the Search Bar remained on the bottom there too. Out of curiosity, which option are you referring to that you could previously move it to the top.
I can suggest Feedback, but I understand that is not the resolution you were looking for.
Wbblack85 wrote:
Unfortunately I cannot get into my old phone and look at the setting.
Just checking, I have not see an option to move the search bar to the top in any of the previous iOS version, since it was moved to the bottom in iOS 16, that would have not been allowed specifically in iOS 26.
BartlettFarm wrote:
No problem switching safari back to the top
all of the other screens have the search bar on the bottom
And they will stay there unless maybe 100,000 people post their preference at https://apple.com/feedback
You never search?
Anyway it's a no.
Hi! Go to Settings > Apps > Safari
then scroll down to Tabs & select Top.
post iOS 15 - I did this to move it & just updated to iOS 26 last night & the option is still there. And still works.
Thanks I will use the feedback option. Unfortunately I cannot get into my old phone and look at the setting. When I updated to ios26 I got the green screen of death and apple couldn’t fix it, so had to purchase a new one. (Not happy).
emmyyyy wrote:
How do you change it back in Safari? I updated the tab section in Settings, but it didn’t change anything. The URL bar is still at the bottom.
Not sure if this is what you mean by updated the tab section in Settings, but you want to go to Settings > Apps > Safari, and in the Tabs section, change it to top. Then it will look like this:
emmyyyy wrote:
I did that, and for whatever reason, it didn’t update in Safari. Did you have to reset?
Nope, no reset are even a restart is required. If it did not work for you, then try a restart, but I did not need to do that.
babysugar98 wrote:
Hi! Go to Settings > Apps > Safari
then scroll down to Tabs & select Top.
post iOS 15 - I did this to move it & just updated to iOS 26 last night & the option is still there. And still works.
That only works for Safari, not the Home pages, which is what the OP asked about.
Are you talking about the Search Bar in Safari on that Home Page?
No the search bar on the Home Screen. I know how to change Safari.
How do you change it back in Safari? I updated the tab section in Settings, but it didn’t change anything. The URL bar is still at the bottom.
I did that, and for whatever reason, it didn’t update in Safari. Did you have to reset?
How to move the search bar back to the top on iPhone home page?
