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All the notes on my iPhone disappeared

All my notes disappeared! I rely on my notes app and suddenly they were all gone. Blank app. Nothing in recently deleted. All 0. What's weird is that if I pull down the screen and search for different terms, they come up, but when I press it to open it, it takes me to the notes home page with no notes. They're not backed up on iCloud. I used a data recovery tool, and weirdly, it pulled all of the attachments (photos, etc) from my old notes, but none of the actual notes. So I can tell they exist somewhere I just can't figure out how to restore them. At one point when I first noticed this, I created a new note and when I went back it was gone. But now new notes are saving. Where'd they all go and how do I get them back?


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iPhone 11, iOS 16

Posted on Jul 31, 2023 10:39 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2023 9:01 AM

this morning i used my notes app and everything was fine but now when i checked it says zero notes , everything is deleted. i have a lot of information on my notes app that i require in my daily life . Please how can this issue be fixed ??

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Dec 16, 2023 2:15 PM in response to Doughboy97

are your notes on the icloud folder or on the “on my iphone” folder. If it’s on the icloud folder the data should still be there you can check on the icloud website. But if it’s in “on my iphone” folder, it might be deleted due to a glitch, and you might need to restore a backup of your phone. Check my reply for more details. Hopefully you can retrieve it.

Jan 25, 2024 12:17 PM in response to Gram0401

It happened to me this morning. I was checking a note on the passenger seat of a car. Found the note and put the phone down. A couple of minutes later, we arrived at a destination. I picked up my phone try to find notes. Can not locate the notes app at all. Searched library, the notes app is not there. All the notes including the notes app are gone

Jan 26, 2024 9:47 PM in response to leortiz25

Hello Leotiz25

I just read that you are having the same trouble concerning lost Notes. I am not a techie but I tried to check my App setting after having an upgrade. That didn't solve the problem but I did check all my iphone app screens at some point and I I may have "found it" in a box that had 3 Apps in it. In any event, my old Notes returned and I am just so pleased. I'm transferrring all my data to a small notebook. I don't like the look of Reminders and will never use that as I use the calendar on my laptop.

I hope you get your Notes back. I know how frustrating this is!!


Jan 30, 2024 1:44 AM in response to annieluh1

Earlier today I saw that my storage was full and I had to update my phone (iPhone 11) to 17.3 but I had no storage. I clicked on manage storage and my phone froze so I thought it would be an easy fix by just restarting my phone and trying again. My phone ended up being stuck on the Apple logo for an extended period and even after I hooked it up to my computer it would be stuck. It finally comes back on but I can barely see any apps and I notice my notes are all gone except for shared notes I have with someone. I also was able to delete enough things to get my phone to update and that didn't fix my notes. I have also tried the "On my iPhone" and "Accounts" method which creates new folders in my notes but don't restore any of my notes, like many other people I use those notes daily to remember important things and I don't know what else to do. Please help.

All the notes on my iPhone disappeared

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