Swipe down on Home Screen

Spotlight Search on iPhone

iPhone · Gestures & Navigation

Action	Spotlight Search
Shortcut	`Swipe down on Home Screen`
Platform	iPhone
Category	Gestures & Navigation

About this shortcut

On iPhone, you can spotlight search with Swipe down on Home Screen. Opens search for apps, contacts and the web. It sits in the Gestures & Navigation group and is one of the iPhone shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard iPhone conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to spotlight search.

2

Press the keys

Press Swipe down on Home Screen.

3

Done

Opens search for apps, contacts and the web.

More Gestures & Navigation shortcuts

Go Home

Swipe up from bottom

or Touch ID: press Home

Open App Switcher

Swipe up and pause

or Touch ID: double-click Home

Switch Between Apps

Swipe left/right along bottom edge

Open Control Center

Swipe down from top-right

Open Notification Center

Swipe down from top-left

Reachability (Lower the Screen)

Swipe down on the bottom edge

Activate Siri

Hold the Side button

or “Hey Siri”/“Siri”

Lock the iPhone

Press the Side button