I am locked out of one of my notes. I forgot the password. I am trying to access using the fingerprint but not allowed. Any solutions?

I am locked out of one of my notes. I forgot the password. I am trying to access using the fingerprint but not allowed. Any solutions?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 11.2.1, Can’t access one note in Notes

Posted on Dec 20, 2017 10:39 AM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2017 10:46 AM

There is nothing that you can do unless you can remember the password. You no longer have access to those notes.

Keep your notes secure with password-protection - Apple Support

If you forgot your notes password

You can unlock a note only when you enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes.

You can reset your password, but this won’t give you access to your old notes. It will, however, let you password protect any notes that you create from that point forward with the new password. This could lead to you having multiple notes with different passwords.

If you have multiple passwords, you can't tell which password you should use when you look at your notes in the Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old one. If you then enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.

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Dec 20, 2017 10:46 AM in response to khaled hfromjacksonville

There is nothing that you can do unless you can remember the password. You no longer have access to those notes.

Keep your notes secure with password-protection - Apple Support

If you forgot your notes password

You can unlock a note only when you enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes.

You can reset your password, but this won’t give you access to your old notes. It will, however, let you password protect any notes that you create from that point forward with the new password. This could lead to you having multiple notes with different passwords.

If you have multiple passwords, you can't tell which password you should use when you look at your notes in the Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old one. If you then enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.

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I am locked out of one of my notes. I forgot the password. I am trying to access using the fingerprint but not allowed. Any solutions?

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