Find a Keynote presentation on iPad

The document manager, shown below, is what you see when you open Keynote and no presentation is open, or when you open the Files app. You can search for a presentation by its title or content (including text, author name, media file names, video and image descriptions, comments and more), or browse for it wherever you store presentations (for example, on iCloud Drive, on your device, on an external storage device or with a third-party storage provider). You can also sort presentations to help you find the one you want.

The browse view of the document manager with the Sidebar button in the top-left corner. At the top right are the Add button, the New Folder button, the Icons button (to sort by name, date, size or tag), the Select button and the Search button. Below these are thumbnails of existing presentations.

Find a presentation

Go to the Keynote app on your iPad.
Open a presentation. If a presentation is already open, tap in the top-left corner to see all your presentations.
Do any of the following:
- Search: Tap in the search field, then enter all or part of the presentation’s name. You may need to tap to reveal the search field.
- View only shared or recently edited presentations: Tap in the top-left corner of the screen, then tap Recents or Shared in the Locations list.
- Browse for a presentation: Tap in the top-left corner to see the Locations list, then tap a location. The location you’re browsing is shown along the top of the screen.
- Sort by name, date, size or tag: Tap , then tap an option. To view the presentations as a list instead of as thumbnails, tap .

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Keynote User Guide for iPad

Find a Keynote presentation on iPad

Find a presentation