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Notes Disappeared from iPhone 7/7 Plus? Here’s How to Fix It

07/18/2017

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Notes Disappeared from iPhone 7/7 Plus? Here’s How to Fix It


The Notes app on iPhone gives us a great way to quickly scribble down every inspiration in our daily life or balance multiple tasks with to to-do list. But sometimes, some important notes on iPhone may get disappeared unexpectedly. This is especially common after users updating iPhone to iOS 10.3/10.2. So how to get back the lost notes on iPhone 7/7 Plus? Here in this post, we’ll show you 3 methods to make it.


How to Recover Disappeared iPhone 7/7 plus Notes


1. Check your “Recently Deleted” Folder

If your notes disappeared from iPhone because you trashed them by mistake. Don’t worry, you can easily find the deleted notes in Recently Deleted folder within Notes app. Firstly, open Notes app and go to Recently Deleted folder to check if your missing notes are listed. If yes, tap on “Edit” at the upper right corner and select the notes you want to retrieve, then tap on “Move to…” to recover the notes to a target folder.


2. Check your Notes settings

Some users might unconsciously disable “On My iPhone” Account under Settings > Notes. Using an “On My iPhone” account allows you to store notes on this device. If you turn off “On My iPhone” Account in settings, your notes on iPhone will be deleted, but the notes that have already synced to your email account won’t be affected. So you can visit your Gmail account or other email account to check your synced iPhone notes.


Tip: To make sure your every new note will be saved on your iPhone, you need to turn on “On My iPhone” Account and set your default account for Notes to “On My iPhone”.


Notes Disappeared from iPhone 7/7 Plus? Here’s How to Fix It


3. Restore your iPhone to get back missing iPhone notes

Backing up your iPhone can be the most effective way to keep your iPhone data safe. If you have backed up your iPhone 7/7 Plus with iTunes or iCloud, you can restore your iPhone 7/7 Plus to recover missing iPhone notes. 3uTools could help you backup the notes just in case. You can download one to have a try. Click What's Backup & Restore? for more details.


Notes Disappeared from iPhone 7/7 Plus? Here’s How to Fix It

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3uTools
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Please use the 3uTools PC client to install the iOS client:
1、 Install either the Windows or Mac version of 3uTools on your computer
2、 Open the PC client and connect your device to the computer via USB cable
3、 After the connection is successful, wait for the computer to automatically install the mobile app for the device, or locate “Install Mobile App” on the computer and manually click to install.
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1、 Install 3uAirplayer on the Windows PC
2、 Open Control Center and select Screen Mirroring
3、 From the list, choose your PC to start mirroring
4、 Or connect your iOS device to the PC via USB to begin mirroring
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