I accidentally lost my notes after moving to gmail account

I tried to move 11 notes from a folder in iCloud to my gmail account and they appeared mal formatted in gmail notes, due to compatibility


I tried to undo using Command+Z and the notes disappeared from gmail and did not appear back to iCloud.


Now they are neither in any of them nor in Recently Deleted folder.


Is there a way to restore from iCloud backup?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jul 17, 2025 10:18 AM

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Jul 17, 2025 11:43 AM in response to marcoarruda

marcoarruda wrote:

I tried to move 11 notes from a folder in iCloud to my gmail account and they appeared mal formatted in gmail notes, due to compatibility

I tried to undo using Command+Z and the notes disappeared from gmail and did not appear back to iCloud.

Now they are neither in any of them nor in Recently Deleted folder.

Is there a way to restore from iCloud backup?

look here Use iCloud.com to restore and recover iCloud information - Apple Support

Jul 17, 2025 01:02 PM in response to marcoarruda

marcoarruda wrote:

Hi @razmee209,

I think you didn't read my post properly. The page you sent me tells to look for my notes under the `Recently Deleted` folder, but my notes are not there either.

I moved my notes to another account inside the Notes app, tried to undo and they disappeared from both.

Is there anyone that can help restoring iCloud backup?

And in that link what did it say if you didn't see it in recently deleted?

Notes are part of the backup since they are synced to either the cloud or email account.

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