Tags & file search
Find files by name, type, tags, size and dates within a folder or its space.
Bottom search panel / Settings → Tag management
What you can do
Filter the current list by tag, or search the current folder or its entire space. Combine a file name with type, tags, size, creation date and modification date, and adjust result sorting.
In My iPhone/iPad and My iCloud, a space search recursively checks all authorized folders in the selected source. A folder search checks only the current folder’s direct contents.
How to use it
- Open a folder and its bottom search panel. Choose a space search, folder search or tag filter.
- Enter a name and set any type, tag, size or date conditions you need. Conditions can be combined.
- Open a result to play or read it. Tap its containing-folder button to return to that folder and highlight the file.
- Enter edit mode in folder-search results to organize matching files in batches. Manage tags in Settings → Tags.
Before you start
Folder searches do not recurse into subfolders, and space searches do not cross into another FileBox space. Device searches cover authorized folders only; removing authorization removes that folder from the search scope. The authorization home page offers space search directly; inside a folder, choose space or folder search. iCloud search reads metadata without downloading contents. Tap an undownloaded result to download it, then tap again after completion to open it.