Can’t search photo albums in iOS 18

I have exactly the same issue after ios 18 update in my iPad . I cannot find the album by name .i have hundreds of albums.I am a doctor and I have stored patient reports and photos in an album by their names .i cannot search their records on follow up visit . Who should I approach to solve this problem . I have contacted apple support but they do not seem to have a solution. I bought the iPad to just store photos and now this update renders this product useless . I hope apple fixes this issue as soon as possible.

I use the photo apps in my esthetics business. Each client has their own album titled by their name. I have over 2000 clients and I’m unable to search their info which I’ve organized over the last 8 years. This has been detrimental to my business. Is there a solution to this HUGE oversight?

Absolutely right. I have never had any bad experience before. Seems like a jungle. And from now on can not use photos section any more. Can not watch full screen video or stop video on full screen. Always step up down up down. I dont wanna talk about gallery or other things. They add lots of sections but forget to add a section "use your albums like ios 17" Complately horrible....

I have stored data and named substansive volume s of albums by name with tag numbers.

Before search by an album name was possible such as album xxx NO.1, album xxx NO.2,album xxx NO.3 etc...

I dont understand why album indexing, has been remove from IOS 17.7.

This lack of functionality makes me consider return the smartphone, it make the photo album application useless.

I dont need AI or fancy function to search albums, or limit the search to individual picture, the concept of album naming is to find them all by keyword, make it simple and efficient.

Yes. It’s bloody horrible. I’m looking for a third party App for my photos. They can’t be any worse. Why does Apple always have to stuff thing up when they are working well. If it ain’t broke leave it alone.

I have hundreds of albums organized for my work with their respective titles. I would use search to locate the album I needed. I just upgraded to the iPhone 16 max with iOS 18 and the search function will NOT include albums. I have to literally scroll through hundreds of albums to find the one I’m looking for. This is so inefficient for my work 😭. Has anyone found a solution? TY!

I am an iPhone photographer and we are also influencers and I organized all my photos and videos in Albums. How insane is it that they took away the feature to search for an Album by name?

This is so unacceptable and disappointing that Apple would release an IOS that is a downgrade. Aren't they reviewing and testing their IOS before release?

What's going on? I just hung up with tech support who indicated that now with this IOS 18 the videos are looping.

SOS - Apple - I hope you are reading this fix these problems NOW!

Please explain what you mean here about indexing as I upgraded my OS a while ago and I still can't find my albums when I put in the search bar - now the only search bar that is offered - in the main library, the name of the album.

First time leaving anything in forums. This is by far the WORST iPhone update ever! Like most the iPhone has replaced my camera and I had all my photos in albums and folders neatly labeled. Now they have disappeared, can’t delete pictures (they immediately reappear), can’t watch videos you just took, and pictures are grainy and won’t send most of the time. This needs to be fixed immediately! Go back to the previous update as far as the photos are concerned. I don’t have time to scroll thru 10,000 pictures to find the one picture I’m wanting to send.

Your answer is not relevant to the main question in this forum: "Can’t search photo albums in iOS 18"

The issue is there's NO Search Function in iOS18

Is your iPhone updated to iOS18??

If it isn't updated, DON'T!!

The previous upgrade took my photo albums out of alphabetical order. I resorted to the search bar and made that work. This iOS 18 upgrade has rendered the search bar useless for retrieving photo albums by their name at this time. I’m hoping there’s an expedited patch coming forth quickly!

Hi, what I have noticed is that “Folders” do not return in searched but the “Albums” do.

It would be beneficial to have both Folder and Albums return.

The final example below with Asterisks returned other Albums related to Gardening not necessarily with Garden in the exact name.