How To Recover Deleted Notes On Iphone - Iphone Notes Disappeared Or Lost

Have you ever stuck on iPhone notes deleted or disappeared problem, or has it ever happened that you connected your iPhone to a Mac and then all your notes were replaced by some other unknown notes. If you are facing any of such problems, this guide will make your life easier and you can easily recover deleted notes on iPhone or iPad.

This post will show you different reasons of losing notes on iOS devices and how to recover them free of charge. And this information works on every iPhone / iPad irrespective of the iOS version.

Steps to recover deleted Notes on iPhone / iPad
Step #1. Check the Recently Deleted folder in Notes app


If you’re using upgraded version of Notes, it works just like Photos app on your iPhone or iPad that all your deleted notes moved to the Recently Deleted folder. It stays there for 30 days before it gets deleted permanently unless restored. You can view the notes in Recently Deleted folder but can not edit it until its restored. Here are the simple steps on how to restore those notes.

1. Open Notes app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Go to Recently Deleted folder. If you can’t see the “Recently Deleted” folder then click on the arrow going backward at the top left corner.
3. If you still do not see the “Recently Deleted” folder then you probably do not have any deleted Notes from this iPhone or iPad and you might have switched your Apple ID. Check the Apple ID you are signed in with under settings.
4. If you see the folder then select Edit from top right of the screen and simply tap on Move All or select the Notes you want to recover and then tap “Move To..”.
5. Select the default folder “Notes” to move the deleted notes back to default Notes folder.

Step #2. Check the Notes folder in your Default Email


Sometimes you configure your default Email to also store and sync the Notes with your iPhone or iPad. This is the option that you normally get while adding a mail account in your iPhone or iPad. So if you re sure that you did not delete notes rather they just disappeared. And you normally use a Gmail or Yahoo email service.

Step #3. Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from an iTunes Backup
If you had ever synced your iPhone, iPad with iTunes on your computer when those notes were still on it. And you did not synced it again after losing the Notes then it’s more likely that your Notes are available in iTunes backup and can be restored. You will need to restore your iPhone or iPad from iTunes backup. Before you connect your iOS device to iTunes make sure you enable the feature called “Prevent your iPhone from syncing automatically” from iTunes Preferences > Devices tab.

Step #4. Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from an iTunes Backup
There is more likely that your iCloud settings has the automatic backup feature turned on. If it is ON, then it is being backed up to iCloud automatically and it contains the old Notes which have been deleted. To check if the back up feature is turned on.

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