5 ways to recover deleted notes on iPhoneThe Notes app on your iPhone allows you to quickly write down important information, ideas, shopping list, etc. But what to do when you open your Notes app and can't find one or more notes you desperately need? Don't worry. Even if you accidentally deleted them, it's still possible to recover them. Show
There can be a few reasons why your notes disappeared. You either deleted them, disabled them from your Mail account, deleted the account from your device, or disabled Notes in iCloud. If one of the previously listed cases is true, recovering your notes is pretty easy. But if the notes are gone for good, the only option you have is to restore your iPhone with a backup that contains those notes. Follow this guide step by step to try all the options and see if any note recovery process is successful. Video on Accidentally deleted notes on your iPhone? Here's how to recover them!Table of Contents:
Recover Notes from the Recently Deleted folderWhen you delete your notes, they do not disappear entirely. They are moved to the Recently Deleted folder, where deleted notes are stored for 30 days until they're permanently deleted from your device. So the first thing you should do is check the Recently Deleted folder for the deleted notes. To recover notes from the Recently Deleted folder, follow the steps below: 1. Open the Notes app. 4. Locate the deleted note and swipe
left on it. [Back to Table of Contents] Recover Notes from Mail accountIf your notes are connected to an email account, check if the Notes app is enabled. Otherwise, you won't see the notes on your device. The same goes if you deleted your email account from Mail. The connected notes would also disappear. Add the account to see them. To recover Notes with the Mail account, follow the steps below: 1. Open the
Settings app. 4. Select the email account and toggle the switch next to "Notes" to see the linked notes. To add an email account, follow the steps below: 1. Open the Settings app. [Back to Table of Contents] Recover Notes from iCloud on iPhoneSuppose you can't recover deleted notes from the Recently Deleted folder or your Mail account. In that case, you can try to recover them from your iCloud. This method will work only if you previously backed up your notes to iCloud. To recover notes with iCloud, follow the steps below: 1. Open the Settings app. 4. Locate the "Notes" app and toggle the switch to enable sync and view backed-up notes. [Back to Table of Contents] Recover Notes from iCloud Notes webYou can also look for your deleted iCould notes in the iCloud web version. To recover iCloud notes, follow the steps below: 1. Open your browser and go to the iCloud website. 4. From the left sidebar, click on the "Recently Deleted" folder. [Back to Table of Contents] Recover Notes using Finder/iTunesIf you backed up your iPhone with iTunes or Finder when the notes weren't deleted, try to restore your iPhone to recover them. But have in mind that this option will overwrite the current data on your iPhone with the backed-up one. Make sure those notes are worth it. To restore iPhone backup with Finder/iTunes, follow the steps below: 1. Connect your device to a Mac or PC with a lightning cable. 4. Select the backup based on the date and click on "Restore". 5. Wait while your iPhone is restored, and then check if you see the notes you need. We hope this guide provided you with the information you were looking for, and it helped you successfully recover deleted notes. [Back to Top] |