All voice memos disappeared but there’s no deleted folder

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I record all my college lectures: put them in different folders, date them, etc and use them to study


I noticed yesterday that all of my recording, including the folders have just up and disappeared. No signs of being deleted, no visible deleted folder. Nothing I’ve seen on the forum has been helpful and I’m desperate.


I really need to recover the voice memos or I’m going to fail my finals… please help ;-;

iPhone SE

Posted on Mar 28, 2023 7:22 AM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2023 1:16 PM

Hi syd0720,


Thank you for posting to Apple Support Communities.


We’ll need some additional information to provide more specific support.


Take a look in the Voice Memos app, and tap < to see a list of the Smart Folders. Look in Recently Deleted. Do you see any of the missing recordings there?


Do you sync the recording with iCloud? If so, check the other devices. When Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings, your recordings update automatically between devices.


If you don't use iCloud to sync the Voice Memos, have you backed up your iPhone to iCloud or your computer?


Take care.

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Mar 30, 2023 1:16 PM in response to syd0720

Hi syd0720,


Thank you for posting to Apple Support Communities.


We’ll need some additional information to provide more specific support.


Take a look in the Voice Memos app, and tap < to see a list of the Smart Folders. Look in Recently Deleted. Do you see any of the missing recordings there?


Do you sync the recording with iCloud? If so, check the other devices. When Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings, your recordings update automatically between devices.


If you don't use iCloud to sync the Voice Memos, have you backed up your iPhone to iCloud or your computer?


Take care.

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