# How do I search threads I’ve started on iPhone **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 27, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840 "2024-07-27T01:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/1 "2024-07-27T01:15:03Z")
How do I search threads I’ve started on my iPhone? I don’t remember the terms I used (apparently) since my searches didn’t turn up the thread I searched for. FWIW, it was a thread about a movie that had a bad teen girl. (I think) ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/2 "2024-07-27T02:53:43Z")
You can choose to see only topics you’ve created using advanced filters in your search results. ETA: Is it this? [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-find-a-horror-movie/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-find-a-horror-movie/) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/3 "2024-07-27T02:57:32Z")
Press your on your avatar. Takes you to your page. Press the block that says “and others” press “topics” There she wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/4 "2024-07-27T03:07:43Z")
I was going to suggest that but he’s created over 700 topics. I think that on mobile you’re limited to your most recent topics/posts. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/5 "2024-07-27T03:12:15Z")
Did not know that. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/6 "2024-07-27T04:08:28Z")
Exploring it further, I don’t think there’s any limit. Lucas could in fact find his post looking through his topics. The task is merely onerous rather than impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/7 "2024-07-27T04:49:52Z")
Thanks, but that isn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/8 "2024-07-27T04:52:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Press your on your avatar. Takes you to your page. Press the block that says “and others” press “topics” Could you expand? When I press on my avatar I show a dropdown of recent threads I’ve participated in. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/9 "2024-07-27T05:50:20Z")
Is the question “How do I search on my iPhone for threads I’ve started?” or “How do I search for threads I’ve started on my iPhone as opposed to threads I’ve started on other devices?” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/10 "2024-07-27T06:25:45Z")
At the top of the page in the banner, I press my avatar. I get a drop down, go to the human figure at the bottom. That will go to your profile page. Find the click block for “more things” You’ll see activities. Press “topics” it should show your threads. (If you see “activity” anywhere it should show your topics and replies.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/11 "2024-07-27T14:36:01Z")
Thanks. I stumbled my way into the answer I sought, with your guidance, of course. Though I never found the “more things” thing. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > How do I search for threads I’ve started on my iPhone as opposed to threads I’ve started on other devices?” This. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/12 "2024-07-28T11:06:35Z")
Discourse doesn’t know or care which device you used to start or edit a post. I often start them on my phone and finish them on my PC. So Discourse is no help. And therefore e.g. Google would be no help either. IANA iPhone guy, but it’s a pretty good bet there’s no practical way on your iPhone to search its history for each instance where you used the create thread page. Might be, but probably not easy. Answering the question you didn’t ask, but that someone else may benefit from … Searching for threads you started on any / every device is easy from the Discourse search page. Click the **\>Advanced filters** button to show all the options. Under [Only return topics/posts] open the drop down, scroll down and select [Are the very first post]. Add your username in the **\>Posted by** box, then add any before or after date constraints and whatever keywords you can think are relevant. If you do this often, as I do, pretty quickly you have the syntax for the resulting search string memorized: Here’s the input to retrieve my last 6 months of OPs: [in:first @LSLGuy after:2024-01-28]. To which I could try adding various keywords to further narrow the search. But that’s usually not necessary. If you’re just looking for posts, not OPs, leave off the [in:first]. I find I tend to remember about how long ago I made a post very readily. I also remember some likely keywords, but maybe not. Which device? Hah. So overall, armed with a list of just my OPs and a date range a few months long, there’s probably few enough posts for to scan the results by eye. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/13 "2024-07-30T05:33:07Z")
Under your security options there’s a list of recently used devices. I don’t know how far back it goes but you could use the dates you logged in to narrow your search using your technique. Cumbersome but, I imagine, effective. By the way, @Lucas_Jackson, what movie was it? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/14 "2024-07-30T06:29:18Z")
I’m glad I could help a bit. I never know the actual names of things on devices. I can find them on mine. Then are different skins here. I don’t know if that changes text. Glad you found it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-threads-i-ve-started-on-iphone/1004840/15 "2024-07-30T20:56:22Z")
> [@Xocomil](#): > > By the way, @Lucas_Jackson, what movie was it? Haven’t found it yet … and it’s driving me mad.