User level: Level 1 (5 points)I recently upgraded my phone from iOS17 to 27. IniOS 27 mail search does not return results more recent than 5 months old. In fact, the search often returns “no results” even when I know for certain that they are there. Why is this happening? It never happened in iOS17.
Posted on Oct 19, 2026 12:36 AM
User level: Level 1 (28 points)Oct 22, 2026 11:53 AM in response to sybil714
I had the same issue on iPhone 15 Pro ios 27.0.1.
Easy Fix:
Make sure you have iCloud Mail back up turned on first. After that delete the Mail App completely. Then go to App Store and redownload the “Mail” App. Your mail will re-sync. After I did this my Email Search worked straight away :-)
User level: Level 1 (5 points)Nov 1, 2026 4:52 AM in response to sybil714
OK, it solved the problem but only temporarily. I have to keep deleting and reinstalling Mail every time I want to make a search. I hope Apple is checking this, as I don’t know how else to tell them that there’s a problem.
User level: Level 1 (5 points)Oct 29, 2026 3:25 PM in response to T-Slim23
Thank you! This solved the problem.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256378788