The Note app started deleting my notes over 30 days old. How can I keep until I delete?

How can I keep my notes longer than 30 days?

iPad Pro, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 7, 2020 8:13 PM

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Posted on Jan 8, 2020 11:23 AM

The only place that a note would delete after 30 days is in the Recently Deleted folder. Regular notes will not auto-delete, just the ones that you have deleted will automatically delete from the Recently Deleted folder. After that 30 days, they are permanently deleted. That is just like photos that are in their Recently Deleted folder. They stay there for 30 days, in case you didn't mean to delete them, then they are permanently deleted.

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Jan 8, 2020 11:23 AM in response to CharlesM79

The only place that a note would delete after 30 days is in the Recently Deleted folder. Regular notes will not auto-delete, just the ones that you have deleted will automatically delete from the Recently Deleted folder. After that 30 days, they are permanently deleted. That is just like photos that are in their Recently Deleted folder. They stay there for 30 days, in case you didn't mean to delete them, then they are permanently deleted.

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The Note app started deleting my notes over 30 days old. How can I keep until I delete?

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