Notes app taking up too much space

I take written notes on my iPad for work with my Apple Pencil. Today I was notified of not having enough storage and it seems notes is using 200Gb! I have 8-10 pictures that I repeatedly erase and write over but other than that I have a couple notes with pictures and dozens with text only. It shouldn't be taking that much room. How do I rectify this?

iPad mini 5 Wi-Fi, Cellular

Posted on Oct 30, 2022 05:36 AM

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Posted on Nov 17, 2022 01:18 AM

This question has been asked over and over again for ages and Apple Help just links people to the info page on storage if they respond at all. It's been years, they obviously don't care. It's a bug. My son's iPad has 26 notes that are purely text, Recently Deleted is clear and Note's data is at 2.9GB which means he has run out of space as there's not much else he can delete. I'm going to find a replacement app for him and delete Notes completely.

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Nov 17, 2022 01:18 AM in response to nickcool333

This question has been asked over and over again for ages and Apple Help just links people to the info page on storage if they respond at all. It's been years, they obviously don't care. It's a bug. My son's iPad has 26 notes that are purely text, Recently Deleted is clear and Note's data is at 2.9GB which means he has run out of space as there's not much else he can delete. I'm going to find a replacement app for him and delete Notes completely.

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