How to recover lost notes on my iPhone?

i had over 120 notes in Notes on my phone linking to iPad, MacBook and wife’s iPhone. They have all gone.

all I am left it’s is 70 notes in the iCloud folder.

can any one help me get them all back?


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iPhone SE (Gen 3)

Posted on Mar 5, 2023 03:51 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2023 08:33 AM

Hi Jonah9in,


Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities. We understand you're missing many of your notes. This article has some steps that may help you recover them: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com.


"Recover recently deleted notes

You can recover and edit notes you deleted in the last 30 days on iCloud.com or on your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID. However, you can’t recover notes you permanently removed.

  1. In Notes on iCloud.com, select Recently Deleted in the folder list on the left.

If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any notes in that folder, and there’s nothing to be recovered.

2. Select a note, then click Recover in the Notes toolbar.

The note moves to the Notes folder.

If you want to move a recovered note directly to a folder you created, drag the note from the Recently Deleted folder to another folder.

Note: If you delete a shared note that you don’t own, the note doesn’t move to your Recently Deleted folder. See Delete shared notes on iCloud.com."


This article has some steps that may help as well: If you're missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.


Take care.





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Mar 7, 2023 08:33 AM in response to Jonah9in

Hi Jonah9in,


Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities. We understand you're missing many of your notes. This article has some steps that may help you recover them: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com.


"Recover recently deleted notes

You can recover and edit notes you deleted in the last 30 days on iCloud.com or on your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID. However, you can’t recover notes you permanently removed.

  1. In Notes on iCloud.com, select Recently Deleted in the folder list on the left.

If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any notes in that folder, and there’s nothing to be recovered.

2. Select a note, then click Recover in the Notes toolbar.

The note moves to the Notes folder.

If you want to move a recovered note directly to a folder you created, drag the note from the Recently Deleted folder to another folder.

Note: If you delete a shared note that you don’t own, the note doesn’t move to your Recently Deleted folder. See Delete shared notes on iCloud.com."


This article has some steps that may help as well: If you're missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.


Take care.





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