How to protect note titles from accidental deletion (notes on iPhone)?

I find that when I am deleting a number of items (typically in a grocery list) that the iPhone goes into word delete from character delete mode sometimes when I am not expecting it so goes much faster and on numerous occasions this has caused me to accidentally delete the title of the note. Is there a way to either

  • disable the transition from character delete to word delete so it will be slower
  • protect a piece of a note (the title in this case) so an extra step would be needed to delete it?

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Jul 26, 2023 11:07 AM

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Jul 26, 2023 11:14 AM in response to John Galloway

I don’t think it’s possible.


Another way to manage your grocery list would be to use the Reminders application. In that application you can create a list (named “Groceries” for instance) and add elements to it. While shopping, you can mark/check the elements in that list as being done. The list does not disappear after you checked every element and you can add elements at any time.

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How to protect note titles from accidental deletion (notes on iPhone)?

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