How to prevent images from appearing in Spotlight search results on iPhone (X)

If your iPhone runs on iOS 15 or later, by default, image suggestions will be automatically displayed as thumbnails in Spotlight search results. This is a pretty useful feature, but can also clutter your search results at times.

This article will show you how to turn off or hide images in Spotlight search results on iPhone.

Problems encountered

On the home screen, if you swipe down from the top edge of the screen with one finger to perform a Spotlight search and type a query, you’ll see potential matches pulled from your photo library. device. They are displayed as thumbnails in the returned results.

iPhone will use its AI photo recognition algorithm to match the words you type with images in your library. This is a smart feature and extremely useful in many situations. However, we don’t always want to use it. This feature can completely make the list of search results messy and confusing in some situations.

How to fix

First, open the Settings app by tapping the gear icon on the home screen.

In the Settings interface, scroll down and select “Photos” (Image).

Next, click on “Siri & Search” (Siri and Search).

On the Siri & Search settings screen, tap the switch next to the “Show Content in Search” (Show content in Search) to disable this feature.

Now, exit Settings and the next time you perform a search query with Spotlight, you will no longer see the image appear in the search results.