Deleted Notes Folder Keeps on Reappearing

Worked for me as well after opening Notes on my iPhone/ Mac and iCloud and just kept deleting. After 5 tries on all three devices back and forth it stopped appearing. This is not great. Apple devs need to write software that sync these better!

OK - here's the procedure that's working for me after some insight I received from some of the replies. The improvement is that It doesn't require multiple attempts to delete a folder.

The idea is to establish a single working copy of your notes and prevent iCloud from trying to sync with any other copy.

Step 1 - Make sure Notes on all your computer(s) and devices are in sync.

Step 2 - Turn Airplane Mode on on all your devices.

Step 3 - Turn off iCloud Notes on your Mac(s). System Preferences -> iCloud

Step 4 - Open a browser and go to iCloud Notes and delete your unwanted folders.

Step 5 - Turn on iCloud Notes on your Mac(s) and turn off Airplane Mode on your devices. Note that it will take a few minutes for your notes to re-download to your Mac(s).

Had the same issue on MacBook Pro with El Capitan. One folder was just reappearing after deleting it.

This is what I did to solve the issue:

Disabled Notes iCloud sync on MacBook.

Accessed to iCloud from browser on MacBook, and deleted the Notes folder.

Enabled Notes iCloud sync on MacBook.

Opened Notes and waited for a while until all folders and notes were synced with iCloud Notes.

The problemed folder was gone.

I tried these steps but had no luck. Each time I would refresh the iCloud Notes page via Safari the deleted empty folders would reappear.

I even waited until the "Saving…" "Saved" prompt would fade away, to ensure the master copy registered the deletions.

Is it that I'm deleting more than one folder at once?

I solved this problem instantly and completely!!😁

(caution!!!:please backup your notes data another place beforehand because all data will delete)

in mac

system preference

icloud

manage

delete notes data

now I'm not annoying!!🙂

good luck!!😉

How are you deleting the folder? On the Mac control - click/Delete?

Long shot.

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives. Quit Notes.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library and use the appropriate path to see if you can find and delete the Note.

Yosemite: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Core Data/External Records/C571FE8D-DB21-438E-AA58-16DD5901A331/Note/_records

El Capitan ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes Notes location

I have exactly the same problem... Did you fix yours?

Same problem here. Hopefully someone has had some luck in fixing this?

Me too. I wonder if this has to do with the fact that subtasks don't show up on iOS?

I have logged into iCloud to delete the folder there, but when it goes to save the change (You can see the word saving in the top right corner) it crashes out of the iCloud Notes "app."

Same exact problem here. Even reporting this to Apple in their 'Feedback' section is difficult as they have no section for Notes feedback. 😠

OK, I fixed this problem for me! What I did was open up the Notes App on my Macbook and have my browser open with iCloud notes (https://www.icloud.com/#notes2). I read somewhere that subfolders are not supported by the iphone app, so my speculation is that this is what's causing the problem. It's why you need the desktop app to correct this.

With both the desktop app and the browser open, delete one of your problem subfolders from the desktop app. Then delete that same folder from the browser app. It will probably pop back on one or both of the apps, but keep at it. Delete that subfolder every time it pops up and on both the browser and the app.

This sounds like an insane solution (because it is) but it worked for me! I was able to delete two folders that I didn't want anymore by playing this version of whac-a-mole. I recommend proceeding one folder at a time, until that particularly subfolder stops appearing. Then move on to the next one.

What I think is happening is both instances of Notes are syncing to iCloud, finding the subfolder, and reinstating it. But if you just keep deleting them from both at the same time eventually it will "catch" and the folder will be gone forever.

It worked! I did exactly as you said and it worked after maybe three tries.

Funny thing is I think I tried this exact idea only between the Mac and the iPhone (not iCloud.com). Thanks!