Notes disappeared after downloading IOS update

After the latest updates, I completely lost my notes that were stored in my iPhone. The iCloud folders are there, but the iPhone folders are all gone. I tried searching “recently deleted” but that didn’t work. Any suggestions?

iPhone 7, 12

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 7:34 AM

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iW00

Level 6

8,542 points

Feb 17, 2019 8:17 AM in response to SeekingNotes

Unless you have a backup of your iOS Device with those missing notes include and you can restore your device from that backup, those notes are gone and would need to be manually recreated.

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