Notes just disappeared and are gone

I was scrolling through my notes and it kicked me out to my folders and all but 4 notes were gone. Logged into my iCloud and looked to see if they were deleted but there was no deleted notes to recover. Does anyone know why this happened?

iPhone 14, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 11, 2023 04:04 PM

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Sep 12, 2023 11:28 AM in response to Jburiani

Hey Jburiani,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Were you able to complete the steps in the guide you recently viewed for missing notes? Specifically check if you are using a third-party account instead of iCloud using the steps "Check your account settings". Here's that link, just in case: If you're missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


Keep us posted.


Take care!


Nov 25, 2023 05:39 AM in response to TammyW_03

I am having a similar issue after updating all my devices to iOS 17.1.1 Notes just immediately disappeared. The disappearances seem random and like the poster above are "simply gone" not deleted just evaporated across all my devices and icloud for both shared and unshared notes. Its very random and very hard to detect as it's a small number of notes. There seems to be no common thread to their character. Some had video attachments embedded, others images, while others were pure text with no special formatting or features whatsoever. This is very disconcerting as most users probably won't even detect they are missing notes (until they need them) unless like me they rely on them to stay organized. I may have to do some serious thinking about using them this way as this is the third time I have been snake bit by imponderable disappearance of notes. What's that only saying, "fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me"...fool me three times...well now I just look silly. LOL

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