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How to view and search your journal entries on iPad

In the Journal app, you can search for text in your entries and filter for details such as photos, drawings, and locations. You can also bookmark entries to revisit later.

You can sort entries by Entry Date or Moment Date, and see your entries based on their location with the map view. Any entry with a location, or with photos that have location information, shows up on the map. You can bookmark several entries at once, too.

A screen in the Journal app showing journal entries with the Search button at the top right.

Search your journal entries

  1. Open the Journal app on your iPad.
  2. Choose a journal or tap All Entries.
  3. Do any of the following:
    • Find specific entries: Tap the Search button and choose a category such as Photos or Drawings or type the text you’re looking for.
    • Sort entries: On the top right of your screen, tap the More button and tap Sort By. Then choose Entry Date or Moment Date.
    • Find entries for a specific day: In the sidebar, tap Insights. Then tap a date on the calendar.

View entries by location

You can see your entries based on their location with the map view.

  1. Open the Journal app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Places in the sidebar.
  3. Tap All Entries to return to your journal.

    Tip: Tap the Toggle Sidebar button to open and close the sidebar.

The map shows entries that include a location, along with photos that have location information; see our guide, Add formatting, photos, and more.

Bookmark important journal entries

  1. Open the Journal app on your iPad.
  2. Choose a journal or tap All Entries.
  3. Swipe right on an entry. Then tap the Bookmark button.

    To bookmark multiple entries, tap the More button at the top of the screen, tap Select Entries, tap entries to select them, then tap the Bookmark button.

    Tip: To see only bookmarked entries, tap the Search button, then tap Bookmarked.

    A screen in the Journal app showing journal entries. One entry is swiped right and shows the Bookmark button.

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