App Store Won’t Search For You? 7 Potential Fixes

Whenever you want to download a new application on your iPhone or update an app that is already on the device, you go to the App Store.

But what happens if the Store is not responding or you cannot seem to get the search feature to work?

1. First, check if you are connected to the internet and if your Wi-Fi or mobile connection is working properly. Make sure that the Wi-Fi signal is strong and check if all the necessary settings are enabled on your device.

It is also worthwhile to check if the App Store is working on other devices. For example, if the App Store wont open on Mac, it is an indication that the issue might lie with the store itself.

2. Open up the Settings app on your device and go to the ‘General’ section. Inside this section, find ‘Software Update’ and make sure that your device has the latest version of iOS or iPadOS installed. This can be done by tapping on ‘Download and Install’ in case there are any available updates for your device model.

3. Restarting your device may help resolve any minor issues with App Store search not working properly, so try doing a Hard Reset (pressing both Home and Power button together). Alternatively, simply reboot by holding down the Power button until you see “Slide to power off” screen, then slide it to power off your device and wait for a few seconds before restarting it again.

4. Try deleting the App Store app from your device and re-installing it from the official store.

To do this, open up App Store from ‘Home Screen’ of your phone/tablet and tap on ‘Featured’ tab at bottom of page followed by triple dots (…) at top right corner of page; select ‘Delete App’ option which will delete App Store app from memory but keeps all data intact so when re-installed, user won’t lose any content associated with the application like login details or passwords.

Reinstalling may help solve any minor technical problems related to App Store search such as outdated cache files etc.

5. Check if Apple servers are up and running normally by visiting Apple system status website (https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/) which shows uptime indicators of all core services offered by Apple including iTunes store services & iCloud services, etc.

If these services are offline due to maintenance or other reasons then buying/downloading apps from App store might not work as expected until problem is fixed at Apple’s end & server comes back online again, so you have no choice but wait it out till problem resolves itself; however in such cases there should be notices popping up inside App store about current service disruption & expected time for full restoration of service back online again.

6. Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can provide added protection when browsing online, but it can also be the source of certain issues. In particular, the use of a VPN on an iPhone can sometimes cause App Store search to not work correctly. Fortunately, disabling the VPN is a relatively easy process that can help resolve this issue.

To start with, open the Settings application and look for “VPN” in the left-hand menu. If you have a VPN setup on your device, you should see it listed there. Tap on the name of your selected VPN to access its configuration page.

From here, you need to find the toggle switch at the top of this page and turn it off to completely disable your VPN connection. You should also note that some VPNs may require additional steps to fully disconnect them from your device; make sure to check any instructions provided by your chosen provider before continuing if applicable.

Once you have disabled your VPN, try performing an App Store search again; if everything works correctly, then great! But if the problem persists, then it might be worth checking for any other settings related to iOS networks that could be causing problems – such as a proxy server or advanced WiFi options like DHCP lease time.

7. Finally if nothing mentioned above works then try resetting entire network settings for iOS devices which can be done by going into ‘Settings’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘Reset’ -> ‘Reset Network Settings’. This will remove all saved networks including Wi-Fi connections & cellular connections along with stored passwords.

After resetting network settings then reconnect with available networks one-by-one in same order as before reset & enter required credentials like password/pin code after selecting specific network name; this could possibly fix any connection issues which were preventing App store search from working before reset was applied here & should do trick most times unless Apple service(s) remained offline because there is maintenance going on. You cannot really do anything about it other than having to wait for the maintenance to finish.