Taking notes on Apple’s stock Notes app remains one of the slickest and easiest ways to jot down little tidbits of information. But what happens if you delete a note accidentally?
Thankfully, Apple has built-in a system to recover deleted notes on your iPhone. Provided you do so within 30 days of deleting the note, it’s actually pretty easy to get it back.
Here’s how to recover deleted notes on your iPhone.
What we used
- We used the iPhone 13 Pro, but these methods will work on any iPhone
The Short Version
- Open the Notes app
- Back up to Folders
- Enter Recently Deleted
- Open deleted note
- Recover your note
Step
1Open the Notes app
First you’ll want to open the Notes app. This is presumably placed quite prominently on your home screen, but if you can’t find it drag down from the middle of the home screen to bring up the search field. Type ‘Notes’ and the icon should appear.
Step
2Back out to Folders
You’ll more than likely be in the Notes folder, or even in a specific note when you enter the app, so hit the yellow back-out prompt in the top left corner until you’re back in the main Folders hub.
Step
3Enter Recently Deleted
Tap Recently Deleted, and you’ll enter a list of all of the notes you’ve deleted recently.
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4Open deleted note
The note you most recently deleted will be at the bottom of the list, and the oldest will be at the top. Tap on the note that you deleted in error.
Step
5- Recover your note
Tap anywhere on the opened note and you’ll receive a pop-up message telling you it can’t be edited. Tap the Recover button and it will instantly return to the Notes folder.
FAQs
You can delete messages for good by going into Recently Deleted, swiping a message to the left, and tapping the red rubbish bin icon.
You can send your deleted notes to another Notes folder by going into Recently Deleted, swiping a message to the left, and tapping the purple folder icon, then selecting a folder (or creating a brand new one).
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