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How to Find and Replace in WPS on iOS

Last updated:July 12, 2026

Use Find and Replace through 3 task topics during document editing; 3 items are available without membership and 0 items are membership-related.

How-to Index

#TopicMembership
11. Find contentFree
22. View all matchesFree
33. Replace contentFree

How-to Guide

1. Find content

Entry point: Tools → Insert tab → Find and Replace → Find

  1. Tap Tools at the bottom.
  2. Select the Insert tab.
  3. Tap Find and Replace.
  4. Tap Find.
  5. Enter the content you want to find in the input box.
  6. Tap ← to view the previous match, or tap → to view the next match.

Success Criteria

  • The document jumps to the matching text location.
  • You can continue moving to the previous or next result.

Tips While Using

  • More specific keywords make results easier to confirm.
  • If there is no match in the document, the view will not jump to a target location.

2. View all matches

Entry point: Tools → Insert tab → Find and Replace → Find

  1. Tap Tools at the bottom.
  2. Select the Insert tab.
  3. Tap Find and Replace.
  4. Tap Find.
  5. Enter the content you want to search for.
  6. Tap AI Find All to view all matching content.

Success Criteria

  • You can see a full list or grouped result view for the current keyword.
  • You can continue checking and locating content from the results.

Tips While Using

  • This is useful in long documents when you want to review all hits before replacing text.
  • If there are many results, refine the keyword first for a more focused review.

3. Replace content

Entry point: Tools → Insert tab → Find and Replace → Replace

  1. Tap Tools at the bottom.
  2. Select the Insert tab.
  3. Tap Find and Replace.
  4. Tap Replace.
  5. Enter the original text in the Find what box and the new text in the Replace with box.
  6. Tap Replace to replace the current match.
  7. If you want to process all matches in one step, tap Replace All.
  8. If you want to continue checking other locations, tap ← or → to switch between matches.

Success Criteria

  • The current match is replaced with the new text, or all matches are replaced in batch.
  • The document remains editable after the replacement.

Tips While Using

  • Before using Replace All, confirm the keyword scope to avoid changing unrelated content.
  • For important documents, reviewing matches one by one before replacing all is often safer.