I lost all my iPhone notes. I see lots of people had the same issue so I thought I’d share how I got them back. I phoned Apple support (got straight through on a Sunday, amazeballs) and the dude checked my Notes were synced to iCloud (they were TF), and turned my sync off and on again and voila they reappeared. Took a bit of screen sharing but it totally worked. Still don’t have a Recently Deleted folder but who cares?
iPhone XS, iOS 17
Try This
Open the Settings app.
Tap on your name at the top (aka your Apple Account settings).
Tap on iCloud.
Tap on Notes.
Turn on "Sync this iPhone" (green = on). If it is already on, turn it off and on again.
In the Notes app, wait several minutes for your notes to be restored from iCloud.
Try This
Open the Settings app.
Tap on your name at the top (aka your Apple Account settings).
Tap on iCloud.
Tap on Notes.
Turn on "Sync this iPhone" (green = on). If it is already on, turn it off and on again.
In the Notes app, wait several minutes for your notes to be restored from iCloud.
iPhone Notes Disappeared
