Any way to recover Notes that have been permanently deleted from iCloud?

vanessah2004 Said:

"Any way to recover Notes that have been permanently deleted from iCloud?: Long story short, I ended up deleting all the Notes data in my iCloud Storage, thinking that a copy of my notes would be stored on my devices. Instead, this immediately removed all of my notes[...]"

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Upgraded Notes:

Seems you're using "Upgraded notes". Being so, note that you have 30 days to recover this. So, click the orange-colored trashcan* in the toolbar, and then perform the search.

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Read More:

1. Go Here: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com Apple Support
2. As it Reads: "You can delete notes you no longer need. If you’re using upgraded notes, you can recover recently deleted notes within 30 days."

vanessah2004 Said:

"Any way to recover Notes that have been permanently deleted from iCloud?: Unfortunately, the Recently Deleted was completely empty..."

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What to try:

A. In the iMessages App:

On your other devices, view the iMessages or Messages app

B. Check your Mac:

Export: the Notes by backing up your Mac

1. Power Off: the router
2. Boot: the Mac
3. Back Up: the Mac
4. Open: Messages
5. Export: the Notes
6. Restart: the Mac
7. Recover: the notes using Migration Assistant

or...

C. Restore form a Backup:

You can restore your Mac from the backup. I would also consider restoring your iPhone from a backup that contains these iMessages. Once either is restored, then they would be back on there. Be certain you backup each device, prior to the restoration.

vanessah2004 Said:

"I don't have any iCloud backups nor do I have a Mac or any Notes to export (they were all automatically deleted)... but thank you for trying to help, I'm really desperate right now"

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You are welcome.

Recovering Notes:

A. Hard Drive Time Machine Backup:

Note that iCloud does not backup notes. So, keep that in mind, if you use an external Hard Drive to back up your devices. This is not an option, as iCloud does not backup notes.

1. Go Here: Backup Methods for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
2. Scroll to: iCloud backups
3. As it Reads: "iCloud backups don't include: Data that's already stored in iCloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Notes, iCloud Photos, iMessages, Voice Memos, text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages, and Health data[...]"

B. Take Screenshots:

From here on out, take some screenshots of your notes. That way, you can have something to go by, should this happen again.

• iPhone: Take a screenshot on your iPhone - Apple Support
• Mac: Take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support

C. Other Links:

• Delete and Recover Notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support
• If you're Missing Notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

D. Disable Cellular:

Try disabling Cellular, and using Wi-Fi instead, seeing if that makes all the difference.

E. Try manually restarting your iPhone:

1. Go To: Settings
2. Select: General
3. Scroll to: the Very Bottom
4. Select: Shut Down
5. Slide Finger: to the Right
6. Wait: 30 Seconds
7. Power One: the iPhone
8. Try this Once More

F. Log Out, then in to, iCloud:

Try logging out of, and then in to iCloud. Be certain Notes is selected. Perhaps this all needs to resync.

as a last resort...

G. Provide Feedback:

If nothing above ends up working, then provide Apple with feedback on all of this. Give Apple feedback on this. They won't get back to you directly on this, but the more feedback their engineers receive on something, the more they will know what is going on, and what needs to be fixed.

1. Go Here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
2. Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Commend:  on how you think notes should be recoverable
4. Proceed form there as necessary

Hello,

This may be a long shot but I did not see it mentioned.

"If you use notes with another service, like Gmail or Yahoo, check the Trash folder of that account in the Mail app. If you delete a note from the Notes app, your third-party account will usually keep it in the Trash folder. To recover a note from the Trash folder, you need to copy and paste the note to a new note in the Notes app"

If you're missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

I hope you can recover them.