I accidentally pressed replace and it deleted all of my notes how do I get them back?

Can I get back my notes that I accidentally deleted and pressed “replace” and they all got deleted

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Jul 10, 2023 8:01 PM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2023 4:38 PM

Hey there Meeraaaw,


Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities.


To get started, were these notes saved to your iPhone directly, or were they synced to iCloud or another email account?


If the notes were saved directly on your iPhone, do you recall if you had created a recent backup, or if you had iCloud backups enabled to backup automatically? If unsure, check out the following resource for help with locating previous backups: Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


If you're able to locate a recent backup, check out this next link for help with restoring that backup to your iPhone: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


We do want to make you aware that any data that was added to your iPhone after the date of the backup would not be included in the backup, so be sure to choose a backup that was created before the notes went missing.


If your notes were synced with iCloud, you may be able to recover them using the steps in this next resource: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support


Let us know if that's able to help.


Best regards.

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Jul 11, 2023 4:38 PM in response to Meeraaaw

Hey there Meeraaaw,


Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities.


To get started, were these notes saved to your iPhone directly, or were they synced to iCloud or another email account?


If the notes were saved directly on your iPhone, do you recall if you had created a recent backup, or if you had iCloud backups enabled to backup automatically? If unsure, check out the following resource for help with locating previous backups: Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


If you're able to locate a recent backup, check out this next link for help with restoring that backup to your iPhone: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


We do want to make you aware that any data that was added to your iPhone after the date of the backup would not be included in the backup, so be sure to choose a backup that was created before the notes went missing.


If your notes were synced with iCloud, you may be able to recover them using the steps in this next resource: Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support


Let us know if that's able to help.


Best regards.

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