I turned on iCloud sync for notes on my iPad when I realized it wasn't on. All of my iPhone notes showed up on my iPad, but my iPad notes DISAPPEARED. They are GONE. HELP!
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iPad, iPadOS 16
I encountered this same issue and fortunately was able to get (most) of my notes back because my most recent iCloud backup for the iPad was prior to when I turned on iCloud Sync for notes.
Issue:
I created new notes on my iPad while the "Sync this iPad" toggle for Notes within Apps using iCloud was off. When I switched on the toggle, all the notes created on my iPad were deleted and replaced by the notes from my iPhone/in iCloud.
APPLE NEEDS TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS - or at the very least provide a warning that the newly created notes could be deleted.
Solution:
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i Lost all of my notes on my iPad . How do I get them back
No of course it didn‘t. How about reading the question/ problem before trying to answer it completely wrong.
If the note disappeared and is not in deleted folder, where could it be? It disappeared as I was adding to the note.
Do I have to restart my entire iPad?
Is there a way to escalate this to Apple or via their help desk to fix this? This is unacceptable. Turned on iCloud on my iPad that I wrote hundreds of note. And without warning they all disappeared.
I was trying to erase all content and settings and then it literally backed up my iPad right there without my notes. :(
I’m sobbing.
This happened to me I made my birthday list on notes and it’s all deleted
There are no file names. All of my notes are gone. There are zero notes. How do you find the file names?
That absolutely worked. Thank you
Thanks you. Your advice helped me to restore lost notes!
It’s March 1, 2025. Any fixes?
Hi Batdog666. Had the same thing happened to me. Could you recover them? I refuse to accept this ****.
Hi Ahlan292. Same thing happened to me. YEARS of irreplaceable work lost and they still haven’t fixed it for me. Could you get any help soon?
This can't be true... Year of notes lost. Not a single warning.
I'm literally about to cry.
It’s 2025 and I just had the same thing happen to me. I’m livid, but can’t do anything about it.
How to retrieve missing iPad notes after iCloud Sync
