How to Move Notes from iCloud to iPhone 2024

Notes app on iPhone helps us write down to-do lists, diaries, and more on our iPhone. It can remind us of what to do. And the content of the note can be synced to iCloud with the iCloud auto-sync service, then we can view the content from all iDevices and computers.

It’s easy to transfer notes from iPhone to iCloud. We can log in to an iCloud account from a computer to view iCloud notes, but what should we do to view the iCloud notes from another iPhone/iPad/iPod? In this post, we will show you the way to move notes from iCloud to iPhone without effort, and then you can view the notes on your iPhone.

Transfer Notes from iCloud to iPhone with Sync

Step 1. Go to Settings on your iPhone.

Step 2. Click your Apple ID Profile.

Step 3. Tap iCloud and turn on Notes sync.

Step 4. Run the Notes app and wait for the downloading process.

Then your notes will be synced on the other iPhone with the same Apple ID.

Please keep your iPhone connected to WiFi during the whole process, otherwise, you can not use iCloud service. To connect your iPhone to the WiFi network: Open Settings > WLAN > Turn on WLAN > Choose a network you want to join.

Download Notes from iCloud to iPhone by Restoring iCloud Backup

If you are trying to transfer multiple data from iCloud to iPhone at once, then restoring from iCloud backup is the best way. So let’s see how to do it next.

Step 1. Go to Settings > [your name].

Step 2. Tap iCloud and enable iCloud backup.

Step 3. Click the Back Up Now button.

Step 4. After finishing the backup, please click Settings, find the General option and click, then click Reset and select Erase All Content and Settings.

Step 5. Head to set up the iPhone, and when you see the Apps & Data option, click Restore from iCloud Backup. After logging in to your Apple ID, you can select the backups you want to restore, so your notes and other backup data will all be downloaded to your iPhone.

Move Notes from iCloud to iPhone Using iPhone Transfer

If you want to move notes from iCloud to iPhone without erasing, you can try an iPhone transfer. AnyTrans, as a powerful iOS data management tool, includes iCloud notes management. It can help you transfer notes from iPhone to computer, and vice versa. Besides, you can get iCloud notes on it and move them to iPhone with ease.

Here are some main features of AnyTrans: 

• Allow getting any iCloud data, including iCloud notes to computer.
• Transfer all notes from your iPhone to computer for backup, .text, .csv, and .html formats supported;
• Transfer the notes from iPhone to iPhone or iCloud directly as you need.
• Besides notes, it allows you to transfer almost all data from iDevice to computer, and vice versa, including photos, videos, calendars, and more.

Now, download and install AnyTrans and follow the detailed steps below to get notes from iCloud with AnyTrans:

Step 1. Open AnyTrans on computer and tap on iCloud Manager > Enter your Apple ID and Password, you will see the interface as below > Click Notes button.

Step 2. Then all iCloud notes will be listed here. Select the notes you want to move > Tap Download to Computer. And the selected notes will be moved to computer.

Step 3. When iCloud notes are saved to computer, you can plug in your iPhone, and just drag and drop the notes you want. Then check on iPhone.

Bonus Tip: How to Export iPhone Notes to Computer

There are some reasons for you to transfer notes from iPhone to computer. Maybe you need to continue viewing and editing the diary on your computer, or you record lots of notes on your iPhone, and you want to backup them on your computer in case of accidentally losing them, or you need to export them to a computer in .text, .csv or .html format for further use, etc. In order to solve this problem, you can follow the steps below to export iPhone notes to the computer:

Step 1. Launch AnyTrans on your PC, and then connect your iPhone with USB cable > Choose Device Manager > Click More.

Step 2. Scroll down to find Notes > Select the notes you want to transfer > Click “To PC” button and set the output format of notes and the export path.

The Bottom Line

As you can see, it is easy for you to transfer notes from iCloud to iPhone with this guide. And if you want to manage your iPhone notes more effectively, such as edit, download, move to another iDevice, and more, please try AnyTrans now is also a good choice.