Hello. I deleted a note by accident and now I can not find it. The deleted notes selection does not show in my notes. What can I do next to retrieve it

I deleted a note from the notes app. I tried to retrieve it by going into my notes and looking for a deleted notes folder only to find out that my phone does not have that option. I even went through deleted emails to just see if I could find my note there.

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 27, 2024 6:31 AM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2024 6:38 AM

  • Was the note deleted from the Recently Deleted Folder?
  • Has it been longer than 30 days since you deleted the note?


When deleting a note, it should appear in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days. If you delete the note from that folder or it has been longer than 30 days, then the note will not be recoverable and you will no longer have a Recently Deleted folder. The Recently deleted folder will only appear if you have a note in there that was deleted within 30 days.

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Mar 27, 2024 6:38 AM in response to charrice36

  • Was the note deleted from the Recently Deleted Folder?
  • Has it been longer than 30 days since you deleted the note?


When deleting a note, it should appear in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days. If you delete the note from that folder or it has been longer than 30 days, then the note will not be recoverable and you will no longer have a Recently Deleted folder. The Recently deleted folder will only appear if you have a note in there that was deleted within 30 days.

Mar 27, 2024 6:40 AM in response to lobsterghost1

If there isn't a Recently Deleted folder in the Notes App, the note is gone unfortunately. The folder only appears if a note was deleted within the last 30 days. After 30 days, it is assumed you didn't want to restore the note and it is permanently deleted. And for the note to be shown in recently deleted, it would have had to be saved first, then delete it. To be sure, I just deleted a saved note as I didn't have any notes in Recently Deleted, but after deleting a note, I did have a Recently Deleted folder, where I was able to restore the note from.



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Hello. I deleted a note by accident and now I can not find it. The deleted notes selection does not show in my notes. What can I do next to retrieve it

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