How to Retrieve Notes from from iPad/iPad Pro/iPad mini/iPad Air

No matter you or somebody accidentally deleted some important notes on your iPad, or you find that notes vanished from your iPad without no reasons. That will be a crazy thing for most iPad users. When encounter above situations, how can you recover deleted notes on iPad? Even when you haven’t synced your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iTunes on your computer before you deleted or lost notes.

The answer is absolute YES. Here, we’d like to share you 3 different methods to recover deleted notes on iPad. Of course, these method is also suitable for other devices, like your iPhone, iPod touch.

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Method 1. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPad via Recently Deleted Folder

When you delete notes on iPad, they will remain on your iPad for 30 days before being permanently removed from the device. So, you can check the “Recently Deleted” folder to confirm whether your deleted notes are there or not.

Step 1. Open Notes app on your iPad > Tap the Back Arrow on the top left corner to go to the folder screen.

Step 2. Tap on “Recently Deleted” folder > Click on the “Edit” button in the upper right corner > Select the deleted notes you want to recover > Tap on the “Move To…” button > Choose a folder to store your deleted notes.

Method 2. Recover Deleted Notes on iPad without Backup

For these users who have made no backup, or the backup doesn’t contain the lost notes, here’s the last way to recover deleted notes on iPad. PhoneRescue for iOS, the #1 iPhone iPad data recovery tool in the market, has helped over millions of iOS users recover deleted or lost files successfully, including notes. And below are its highlights on recovering notes on iPad.

• Three recovery modes to ensure the highest recovery success rate. No matter you have backup or not, you can get your notes back.
• Unlike traditional iTunes or iCloud backup recovery way, you can recover only lost notes. Also, you can preview your deleted notes before recovering and select the one(s) you prefer most to recover.
• Supports all iPad models: iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad mini, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro, etc.
• Beside notes, it also supports recovering deleted messages, videos, contacts, photos, notes, calendar and so on.
• 100% guarantee for your data and information privacy.

Step 1. Download iPad notes recovery tool.

Free Download PhoneRescue for iOS to your computer and run it.

Step 2. Connect iPad and choose recovery mode.

Connect your iPad to computer with USB cable and choose “Recover from iOS Device”. Click Next to scan deleted iPad data.

Step 3. Scanning the deleted notes on your iPad.

By default, all categories will be selected. Please uncheck Select All option and then choose Notes. Click Ok to start scanning.

Step 4. Select the notes to recover.

Select “Notes” on the left. You can use filter to get only the deleted items. Just preview and select the notes you want to retrieve. And PhoneRescue for iOS allows you to retrieve deleted notes directly to your iPad. Or you can extract selected notes to computer and save them as printable format.

Method 3. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPad with iTunes Backup

If you have made an iTunes backup before losing your notes, and are quite sure that your lost notes were stored there, then follow the steps below to recover deleted notes on iPad with iTunes.

Step 1. Launch iTunes on your computer > Connect your iPad to the computer with its USB cable.

Step 2. Click the Device icon when it appears in iTunes > Choose Restore Backup option > Select the backup that contains your lost notes.

Step 3. Click on Restore button and wait for the process to finish. Don’t disconnect your iPad until it restarts.

Method 4. How to Recover Lost Notes on iPad with iCloud [without Computer]

Recovering notes with iCloud will also erasing all settings on your iPad. If you don’t want to wipe anything while recovering, move to Method 2 to complete it.

Step 1. Open Settings on your iPad > General > Reset > Tap on Erase All Content and Settings option.

Step 2. Reach the Apps & Data screen > Choose Restore from iCloud Backup option > Sign in your iCloud account (Apple ID) > Choose backup > Select the backup contains your lost notes to restore.

The Bottom Line

With above three methods, you may have retrieved your deleted notes on iPad successfully. And as you can see, PhoneRescue for iOS can help you recover deleted notes on iPad safely, and you can also preview notes on your backup and extract them to computer or directly transfer to your iPad. Why not give it a try?