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Midoririnu Author

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What happens if I delete Notes app?

Hello!

My notes app’s size have raised to over 1GB. iCloud sync is turned on so it keeps downloading my notes to my iPhone even though I mostly use them on my iPad. Now I would need some space on my iPhone so I was thinking about deleting all my notes from here, which I guess is done by deleting the app. I’m afraid to try so I thought I’ll ask: If I delete it, the notes will still remain on my other devices and iCloud, right?

Thanks in advance, Lili

iPhone SE, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 28, 2019 4:34 AM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Dec 28, 2019 5:52 AM

I would turn off iCloud syncing of Notes in Settings/Your Name/iCloud before doing anything. After doing that, you can either delete all the individual notes in the Notes app to regain the space or you can delete the Notes app.

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