I had a note active on my iPad while using my MacBook Pro Mid 2013. On the MacBook, it showed the Notes icon in the dock. I clicked on it to open the note I had active on my iPad. Once clicked on from my MacBook, it was deleted from my iPad because my MacBook was out of sync. It synced my laptop notes to my cloud rather than my iPad, hence the deletion. Is there a way to restore that deleted note?
MacBook Pro
Hello Mr_Conant,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
If you were syncing your notes through iCloud, you may be able to use the steps in this article to restore the deleted note: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Recover recently deleted notes
You can recover and edit notes you deleted in the last 30 days on iCloud.com or on your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID. However, you can’t recover notes you permanently removed.
1. In Notes on iCloud.com, select Recently Deleted in the folder list on the left.
If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any notes in that folder, and there’s nothing to be recovered.
2. Select a note, then click Recover in the Notes toolbar.
The note moves to the Notes folder.
If you want to move a recovered note directly to a folder you created, drag the note from the Recently Deleted folder to another folder.
Note: If you delete a shared note that you don’t own, the note doesn’t move to your Recently Deleted folder. See Delete shared notes on iCloud.com.
Hope this helps!
Hello Mr_Conant,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
If you were syncing your notes through iCloud, you may be able to use the steps in this article to restore the deleted note: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Recover recently deleted notes
You can recover and edit notes you deleted in the last 30 days on iCloud.com or on your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID. However, you can’t recover notes you permanently removed.
1. In Notes on iCloud.com, select Recently Deleted in the folder list on the left.
If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any notes in that folder, and there’s nothing to be recovered.
2. Select a note, then click Recover in the Notes toolbar.
The note moves to the Notes folder.
If you want to move a recovered note directly to a folder you created, drag the note from the Recently Deleted folder to another folder.
Note: If you delete a shared note that you don’t own, the note doesn’t move to your Recently Deleted folder. See Delete shared notes on iCloud.com.
Hope this helps!
Hi Mr_Conant,
Contacting Apple Support is the best path forward to resolve this issue. They will be best equipped to address this:
Contact - Official Apple Support
Cheers!
Thank you mingoslkd for replying.
Upon trying the suggested method, the problem is still unresolved. I should clarify that the note on my iPad was a newly created note. The error only happens when I create a new note on my iPad and try to open that newly created note (within an hour or so) on my MacBook Pro through the pick up where you left off icon on the desktop dock. Once clicked on my MacBook, the note shows up blank with "," as the title. Then I close the Notes application on my MacBook Pro and reopen it to try and re-sync the data. It's upon the re-syncing that it deletes the newly created note. It just vanishes automatically without my authorization of deletion. It's very frustrating. It seems to me as a software bug and Apple should look into it. I no longer need the note and at this point it seems there's no way of recovering a file that was deleted by Apple's servers by mistake.
Thank you anyway for your time.
Apple note deleted when synced between devices
