How do I turn all formatting in the Notes app. I want none. I want the old notes back.

Have you tried to change the setting “New Note Start With” in Settings > Notes to start a new note using the “Body” format (instead of the default “Title”)?

Hello Abbotn,

Is there any other formatting features you do not like? Or is it just Quick Notes?

You can read the following support page to learn more about Quick Notes, including how to remove them - Create Quick Notes anywhere on iPad - Apple Support.

Go to Settings > Notes > Corner Gestures, then do any of the following:

• Turn on or off Allow Finger to Swipe from Corner.
• Tap Left Corner Swipe or Right Corner Swipe, then choose an action.

I hope this helps!

The purpose of notes was to have an unformatted way to easily enter text.

If you want formatted text use Pages that’s what it was designed for.

how did you lose sight of its purpose? Please make notes backed into a simple text editor. If you don’t want to do that, at least have a default button that sets notes into a text only mode.

Starting new notes with body text does not prevent copied text from maintaining it’s format from the original document. It does not turn formatting off

No formatting - all formatting turned off. An ascii editor. All formatting stripped.

what is the point of notes?

Isn’t Pages the formatted text editor? Why do we need to text editors tha