Disney+ Removes A-Z Search Function, Making It Harder to Find Your Favorite Shows

Alexandria Ingham

Fri, June 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC

Disney+ Removes A-Z Search Function, Making It Harder to Find Your Favorite Shows

App updates happen all the time, and they're usually done to help improve functionality. However, a quiet update to the Disney+ app has removed a key function that users have had from the very beginning when it launched in 2019.

Users can no longer use the A-Z search function, making it harder for anyone to find the movies and shows that they love the most. Disney+ didn't even announce that this was happening, with many users finding out from the end of May that everything had changed.

What's not clear is whether this was a mistake. At the time of writing this, the functionality wasn't available. It's possible that it's some bug as Disney+ and Hulu start to merge, but Disney hasn't mentioned anything to clarify.

Disney+'s Search Makes It Harder to Find Content

The removal of the A-Z search function makes it much harder to find anything. When users search for a show or movie, the list will populate based on Disney+'s own metrics. Sure, if you type in the full name of something, anything related to that specific name should pop up first.

However, what if you don't know the full name of a movie? What if you only have a vague idea based on something that people have suggested? If you knew the first word, you could search alphabetically and find it.

There is also the problem of going past the more well-known entities. Now, the only option is to search one by one, but before, it was possible to search through the catalogue, based on the title. This could help rediscover older shows and movies that have been forgotten about.

The Homepage Only Shows What's Popular

As with all streaming platforms, the homepage is limited. It brings up the newest shows and movies to hit a platform, or it will show some of the highest-rated options based on your previous viewing history. If you have friends or relatives visiting and they watch on your username instead of a guest one, that quickly changes the suggested offerings.

It doesn't help to find some of the less obscure pieces of content. It makes the A-Z function more and more important. This could be just a mistake, though, as the function did disappear and was re-added in 2022. If Disney+ is removing it, the idea needs to be reexamined.

This story was originally published by Parade on Jun 5, 2026, where it first appeared in the TV section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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