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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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User profile for user: SnickZ.
SnickZ.
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Posted on Aug 1, 2023 8:27 AM

Hi there annieluh1,


If your notes are missing, you'll want to start by making sure your iPhone is updated to the latest software version, which is iOS 16.6. You can see the currently installed version by going to Settings > General > About > Software Update. If needed, learn how to update your iPhone here: Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


Next, your notes may have been stored in a different account. Follow the steps below to see if they help recover your missing notes:


Check your account settings
If you store your notes with a third-party account or email service, like Gmail or Yahoo, check your settings:
1. In the Settings app, tap Mail.
2. Tap Accounts, then tap the email account that you want to check.
3. Make sure that Notes is on.
If you use Notes with more than one email account, just repeat the steps for each account. If your account is missing, learn how to add an email account to your device.


You'll find those steps and additional guidance here: If you're missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


To prevent this from happening in the future, you can use iCloud Notes: Set up iCloud for Notes on all your devices - Apple Support


Take care.

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User profile for user: z4nder
z4nder
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Feb 21, 2024 9:11 PM in response to annieluh1

a few minutes ago i had just finished a note, a very long one. i have been using notes for ages and i dont have it synced to icloud, but i synced icloud to notes in setting and it loaded my notes from my ipad, which aren't the same as the ones on my phone, but when i signed out of icloud to get to my other notes, they were gone. i have a lot of personal stuff there and spent ages on the notes i did. before syncing notes to icloud. is there a way i can get back my notes? they just disappeared and i didnt delete anything


it didn't look like this when i made all the notes, it had even said icloud at the top at the time.

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