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You can delete notes you no longer need. You can also recover recently deleted notes within 30 days.

Delete a note

1. Go to icloud.com/notes, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).

2. Select the note you want to delete.

   If you’re on a phone or tablet and you don’t see your notes, make sure the notes list is open.

3. Select in the Notes toolbar.

   When you delete a note, it’s moved to the Recently Deleted folder on iCloud.com and on your devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. You can view and recover notes in the Recently Deleted folder for up to 30 days before they’re permanently removed from all your devices. If you want to edit notes in the Recently Deleted folder, you must first permanently removed.

   1. Go to icloud.com/notes, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).

   2. Select Recently Deleted in the folder list.

      If you’re on a phone or tablet and you don’t see the folder list, make sure the folder list is open.

      If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any notes in that folder, and there’s nothing to be recovered.

   3. Select a note, then select Recover in the Notes toolbar.

      The note moves to the Notes folder.

      If you’re on a computer and you want to move a recovered note directly to a folder you created, drag the note from the Recently Deleted folder to another folder.

   Note: If you delete a shared note that you don’t own, the note doesn’t move to your Recently Deleted folder. See Delete shared notes on iCloud.com.

   Permanently remove deleted notes

   You can immediately and permanently remove notes you deleted in the last 30 days on iCloud.com or on devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

   1. Go to icloud.com/notes, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).

   2. Select Recently Deleted in the folder list.

      If you’re on a phone or tablet and you don't see the folder list, make sure the folder list is open.

      If you don’t see Recently Deleted, you don’t have any recently deleted notes.

   3. Select a note you want to permanently remove, then select in the Notes toolbar.

      The selected note is removed immediately from all your devices.

   Notes you leave in the Recently Deleted folder are automatically and permanently removed after 30 days.

   To learn what happens when you delete a shared note and how to recover a deleted shared note, see Delete shared notes on iCloud.com.

   See alsoCreate notes on iCloud.comSearch notes on iCloud.comApple Support article: If you’re missing notes on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Previous View or download attachments Next Search notes Helpful? Yes No Character limit: 250 Please don’t include any personal information in your comment. Maximum character limit is 250. Submit Thanks for your feedback.