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Notes Password

I have never set a password for my Notes. Yet, after failed attempts of opening them with Touch ID, the app has asked me to enter a password to open my locked notes. Of course, without a password to enter, I cannot open them. How do I regain access to my locked notes?

iPhone 7, iOS 14

Posted on Feb 15, 2021 3:23 PM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2021 3:26 PM

stef144 wrote:

I have never set a password for my Notes. Yet, after failed attempts of opening them with Touch ID, the app has asked me to enter a password to open my locked notes. Of course, without a password to enter, I cannot open them. How do I regain access to my locked notes?

If you used Touch ID with a note it means you did created a password for it. Touch ID only provides a quicker way to access password protected note.


You can unlock the note only by providing the password it is locked with. No other way.

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Feb 15, 2021 3:26 PM in response to stef144

stef144 wrote:

I have never set a password for my Notes. Yet, after failed attempts of opening them with Touch ID, the app has asked me to enter a password to open my locked notes. Of course, without a password to enter, I cannot open them. How do I regain access to my locked notes?

If you used Touch ID with a note it means you did created a password for it. Touch ID only provides a quicker way to access password protected note.


You can unlock the note only by providing the password it is locked with. No other way.

Notes Password

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