Does iTunes backup include notes in the All on My iPhone folder

I do all my notes on my iPhone in the All on My iPhone folder, not in the iCloud folder. I know that means they are not synced to the iCloud, and I don't want them to be. I know iCloud backup does NOT include Notes that are in the iCloud folder. I THINK that means that notes in the All on My iPhone folder ARE included in the iCloud backup, but I can't find confirmation of that anywhere.

SO I do a backup using iTunes on my laptop. iTunes says it does not backup notes that are synced to iCloud. But I can't find a way to verify that iTunes DOES back up notes that are in the All on My iPhone folder (and therefore are not synced to iCloud). So I'm still not confident that my notes are backed up anywhere!!

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 29, 2025 08:57 AM

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Jan 29, 2025 09:04 AM in response to DragonSpeed

See Backup methods for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support for Apple's documentation on this. In brief if the data already lives in the cloud in some fashion then it isn't included in the device backup. When you restore the device from backup and connect to your cloud data then all of that will be there. Media is excluded from device backups, but discrete data stored on device for various apps such as Notes & Calendar will be included in the backup, and be restored if/when you restore.


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