Recovering a disappeared Note

I was using my Notes app today and the Note that I was updating disappeared. I did not delete the Note. It does not show in the Deleted folder. I did not mistakenly delete all of the contents of the Note. After searching online I saw where the iPad upgrade to 16.5.1 c is causing like problems. I upgraded to iOS 16.5.1 C last night. Is there a way that I can restore a single Note from my iPad Backup this morning (12:38)?

Posted on Jul 14, 2023 4:22 PM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2023 9:45 AM

Hey JCivi,


If the note was available at the time of your iPad backup and saved directly to your device, you can recover the note by restoring your iPad from that backup. There would not be an option to select only a specific note or file from the backup, so the entire device and all its content would be restored from that backup. This would replace any data that has been saved since the backup was created. You can find the steps to restore here: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Thanks!

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Jul 16, 2023 9:45 AM in response to JCivi

Hey JCivi,


If the note was available at the time of your iPad backup and saved directly to your device, you can recover the note by restoring your iPad from that backup. There would not be an option to select only a specific note or file from the backup, so the entire device and all its content would be restored from that backup. This would replace any data that has been saved since the backup was created. You can find the steps to restore here: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Thanks!

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