Markups on PDF in iPad randomly erases all my markups

When I mark up a PDF in iPad it doesn't save and randomly erases all my markups. I'm loosing a lot of time an work to this as I bought the iPAD to use for work.

iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 17, 2022 3:09 PM

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1 reply

Vero_F1

Community Specialist

Oct 19, 2022 12:10 PM in response to Saice

Hi Saice,

If you are following the steps in Use Markup on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and it is not saving your changes, you can try some overall troubleshooting steps:

Restart your iPhone
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you are using third-party apps, update them: How to manually update apps on your Apple device.
Test on various apps to see if it related to just that app.

If the issue persists and it is happening in an Apple app or multiple apps, Contact Apple Support or use this Get Support link for assistance.

Take care.

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