How to Delete Search Suggestions on iPhone
It is possible to clear your Spotlight Search history, depending on the iOS version you’re using. We talk about how to clear this history on iOS 11 and earlier iOS versions below.
1 How to Clear Search History on iOS 12
The process of clearing Spotlight Search on iOS 11 is pretty easy. most probably because Apple heard complaints and did something about it. To clear your history, follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Swipe down from the middle of your iPhone screen to bring up Spotlight
Step 2: You’ll see “Siri Search Suggestions” and an option to “Clear”. Touch and hold “Clear”.
Step 3: You’ll see a pop up asking to confirm your action. Tap on “OK” to confirm. And that’s it.
2 How to Erase Search Suggestions on iOS 10 and Earlier
Erasing Spotlight Search on iOS 10 and earlier is a tad trickier. This is because Apple doesn’t provide any option to clear Spotlight Search history on iOS versions earlier than iOS 11.
However, there’s an easy way that you can work around this difficulty. Just follow these steps:
From your iPhone home screen, tap on “Settings” app.
When the Settings app opens, tap on “General”.
On the General screen, scroll down and tap on “Spotlight Search”.
The first option on the screen is Siri Suggestions. You can toggle this “OFF”, then toggle it back “ON”. Once you do this, previous search history is automatically cleared.
You don’t need to go through much stress to clear your search history with Spotlight Search as the process is pretty easy, even for iOS 10 and earlier. Despite the absence of an official clearing option.
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