How Do You Recover Deleted iPad Notes - Complete Guide

Posted by Boey Wong / February 12, 2026 05:30

Help please! I accidentally hit the trashcan at the bottom of the Notes page on my iPad when I was working on a note during a meeting. It's about a year's worth of work. Is there any way I can recover notes from iPad? It's gone from my iPhone as well! Thanks!

I feel sorry to hear that. I hope you have made a copy of the deleted note to some other places like iCloud or your computer. Owing to iCloud, any change to your notes will be updated across all your devices and on iCloud.com. So it is not surprised that the note also disappears on your iPhone. In this article, I will show you several methods to recover iPad notes with or without backup.

Guide List

• Method 1. Recover Deleted iPad Notes from Recently Deleted Folder
• Method 2. Recover Deleted Notes from iPad Using Email
• Method 3. Recover Notes on iPad with FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery
• Method 4. Recover iPad Notes with iCloud
• Method 5. How to Restore Notes on iPad via iTunes/Apple Devices/Finder
• Method 6. FAQs about How to Restore iPad Notes

Method 1. Recover Deleted iPad Notes from Recently Deleted Folder

If you have not cleared your notes from Recentely Deleted folder on iPad or iCloud, you can easily one-tap to get them backup.

Notes app on iPad:

Open Notes app, Tap Recently Deleted folder. Tap Edit > select notes > tap Recover.

iCloud webpage:

Go to icloud.com and sign in your account. Click Notes and find Recently deleted notes folder. Choose them and click Recover.

Method 2. Recover Deleted Notes from iPad Using Email

This method only works for those users who have associated in the Notes app with email account. Follow the below steps to sync with the email account.

1. Log in your email account and check whether the notes are accessible from the account's web interface.
2. If you can see your notes there, then go to your iPad Settings – Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Choose the exact email account, and then toggle the Notes switch on.
3. If the Notes is already on, turn it off and then turn it back on to re-sync the notes. Your deleted note should be back on your iPad again.

Method 3. Recover Notes on iPad with FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery

If your Notes app hasn't been related to your email account, above method will not work for you. But if you have any available backup file, then it is worth to take a shot to restore a backup to your device. Saying you have never backed up your data, then you will have no other choices but turn to a data recovery tool for help. I highly recommend FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery software for all you iOS device users, which supports retrieving deleted notes from iPad, iPhone and iPod touch without backup required. This software can also recover other data, such as photos, videos, messages, contacts, WhatsApp messages, music, reminders, and so on. Both Mac and Windows versions are available. You can download the free trial version to have a try too.

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How to Recover Deleted Notes from iPad

Follow the below simple guide to get back your deleted notes.

Step 1Download the program and install it on your computer and it will launch automatically once completes.

Step 2Plug your iPad into the computer then. The software will detect your iPad automatically.

Step 3After your iPad is connected, select a recovery mode, click on Recover from iOS Device and then click Start Scan.

Step 4The scanning result is displaying on the left. Click Notes to preview the detail of each item. Check those items you want to retrieve and click Recover.

As a matter of fact, this software can do much more than this. It can be used as an iPhone backup extractor or an iPad backup extractor which means you can optionally extract or recover files from the backup instead of restoring an entire backup file to the iOS device.

FoneLab for iOS

With FoneLab for iOS, you will recover the lost/deleted iPhone data including photos, contacts, videos, files, WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, WeChat and more data from your iCloud or iTunes backup or device.

• Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
• Preview data before recovery.
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available.

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Method 4. Recover iPad Notes with iCloud

If you have backup files on iCloud, you can easily restore iPad notes from iCloud. Restoring iPad notes from iCloud backup will require you to restore a whole backup file. But you can restore iPad notes only if you use the iCloud sync feature.

Restore from iCloud Sync:

Go to Settings > your namge > iCloud > Notes. Turn on the button to get the deleted notes back.

Restore from iCloud Backup:

1. Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Erase All Content and Settings. Confirm you want to do it. Then set up your iPad again. Choose Restore from iCloud Backup when you see it.

Method 5. How to Restore Notes on iPad via iTunes/Apple Devices/Finder

If you are a fan of iTunes, you can restore notes from iPad backup files on computer. On later versions of Windows and Mac, you can find Apple Devices app and Finder as a replacement. Please move on to learn how to restore iPad notes from iTunes backup.

Run iTunes/Apple Devices/Finder on computer, plug iPad via USB cable. Then choose iPad icon from the left side. Click Restore Backup button when it appears.

Method 6. FAQs about How to Restore iPad Notes

There are different methods to restore iPad notes depends on your situations. Some of them will require a backup file. However, FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery is your best choice as it won't need a backup but your device only. Try it on computer now!