"On My iPhone" notes disappeared - How to get all your Notes back
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- This videos shows how you can recover your iPhone notes if they randomly disappeared from the Notes app but you can still search for them in the search bar. I explain this at the beginning of the video.
If you are facing the same problem then you should be able to get your notes back by following this tutorial.
Simplified steps:
1. Use a 'Backup Manager' software (iMazing or iPhone Backup Extractor) to copy the 'com.apple.notes' (or 'AppDomainGroup-group.com.apple.notes') folder from one of your old backups to the PC.
2. Navigate the 'group.com.apple.notes' folder on the Mac and delete the files there. NOTE: THIS WILL DELETE ALL THE NOTES THAT ARE ALREADY ON YOUR MAC SO MAKE A COPY OF THESE NOTES FIRST.
3. Copy and paste the content of the 'AppDomainGroup-group.com.apple.notes' folder you obtained form the Backup Manager into the 'group.com.apples.notes' folder on the Mac.
4. Open the Notes app on the Mac and you should see your notes (at least some of them but if you don't then don't worry, this is not the final step)
5. You should see a 'Backups' folder in the ''AppDomainGroup-group.com.apple.notes'' folder you got form the Backup Manger (THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH 'NoteStore.sqlite' YOU SEE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE 'Backups' folder.
6. In there you will find a file called 'NoteStore.sqlite'. Check the size of the file to make sure that it has some data in it.
7. Now from the 'group.com.apple.notes' folder delete the files with the names 'NoteStore.sqlite', 'NoteStore.sqlite-shm', and 'NoteStore.sqlite-wal' and copy and paste the 'NoteStore.sqlite', from the 'Backups' folder in here and open the Notes app on the Mac again. You should now see all your notes in the app that were on your iPhone (ASSUMING THEY WERE BACKED UP IN THE BACKUP).
NOTE: There may be easier and less complicated ways to do this but I have not found any yet. From what I know this is the only working method.
Any questions, feel free to contact me. I will try to get back as soon as I can.
iMazing:
imazing.com/
iPhone Backup Extractor:
www.iphoneback...
More on recovering data from the DB Browser for SQLite:
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Reddit:
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For those who don't have a Mac, you can also emulate a Mac OS instead. Here is a guide:
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Can this also work for my photos that wasn’t backed up because the storage was full already ?
@@slime4ktjay870 Hey, I am not sure about this one. You can give it a go but I think you will need to look for different files rather than the Notes files I show here. I feel like it will be a different process entirely. Sorry, I have little knowledge in how iPhone stores photos.
@@brogazelle6583 Hi! This video looks like it's no longer available, would you consider sharing it again? : ) Also, do you know if it would work for files that said they were on the Gmail server under Notes?
@@miraaaak Hi, I am sorry that the video is no longer available. It was not my video so I am not sure if it will ever be able again. I suggest you try looking for other Mac emulator videos. Sorry for the inconvenience. But I am not 100% that the emulators would actually work since I have never used them.
The files saved on your Gmail server would be on your Gmail. I don't think this method would work for those.
Have you tried logging onto your Gmail and checking on the "Notes" section on the left hand side under "Labels"?
oh my god!!! this video saved my notes. I cried today while talking to apple tech support as all my notes had disappeared. These notes were from 2015. I never took a backup (beat myself for it). Came across this video via reddit. We tried and it worked, like magic!!!! I really cannot thank you enough.
Bro I had lost 6 months worth of travel notes and memoir and thanks to you I got them all back! ❤❤❤❤
I don’t what religion you have or what you believe in, but from the bottom of my heart thank you and I pray that everything beautiful and good and pure and amazing comes your way in life and that you are bestowed with goodness and happiness worth 1000000 times the joy and happiness you have just brought me thanks to your tutorial.
God bless you bro
Apple needs to address this issue asap, Im guessing it happened to me because of storage issues along a bunch of other people, why would they think its a good idea to remove NOTES out of all things just delete some apps off my phone instead man they gave me a heart attack. Are they so stupid to remove peoples most important information ?!!!?
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I lost all of my notes spanning back several years and was in a complete panic - I also had icloud turned off and no recent backups of my phone but I was able to get all of my notes back. Thank you once again this was a lifesaver!
You are most welcome. I am glad I was able to help :)
absolute legend! This needs to be top of the searches. saved 1400 notes from the past 10 years
Hey, I am glad I could help. Thank you and welcome :)
I just got back my notes. I can't thank you enough YOU ARE MY HERO
You are welcome!
I am glad I could help.
Oh man, I can’t thank you enough, this saved so much precious information. I deleted my iOS mail app(it was taking up over 7GB for some reason) idk why but doing so wiped out my notes. You’re a genius for figuring this out and a hero for sharing it with the world.
Hi, you are most welcome.
I am glad this worked for you :)
And thank you for your kind words.
Thank you so much bro! You saved my life! I can't actually see everything yet because I don't have a Mac, but the alternative you showed at least reassured me that my files still exist. I'll borrow a family member's Mac and get everything back! Thank you so much!
You are welcome :)
Thank you so much. You saved my life, the only method works on the whole internet
Hi, Thank you for your kind words. I am glad I could help :)
I have never commented on a youtube video in my life but I cannot begin to thank you enough. I ended having to use iPhone backup extractor and I had to replace the files of my notes on my Mac, but it worked PERFECTLY and I regained the 200 notes that were on my phone. You are so amazing for this. Thank you.
You are most welcome.
I am glad I was able to help :)
This man is an absolute life saver
Hi, I am glad I was able to help.
Thank you for your kind words :)
oh my god it wooooorks! Thank you so much man! this one the only way I tried everything !! I'm so happy... FYI I had no icloud storage and no backup, but as I can see the data on my phone settings, I knew the notes were still there... So I just backed up the iphone and followed your instructions. Thats so great, thousand thanks you rule !!!!
You are welcome :) I am glad I was able to help.
Have an amazing day!!
@starskyflo Did you get the notes to show again on iPhone, If so, how? Was unclear in the instructions how that happens. Is it when on Mac, you sync notes to iCloud thus they go to your phone? Thx
@@JK-fr6hu No, not yet. The notes are back on my Mac and now I have to find a solution to transfer them on the iPhone
@@starskyflobut you see them on your Mac? I mean you can read them again?
@@user-qj2nr4fv8r yes!
Thanks bro! This was a Life Saver!!! It definitely works! Even if you can’t search your notes prior it still works.
What did you do?
You are most welcome. I am glad I was able to help :)
You are a life saver. This worked perfectly.
Thank you! I am glad it helped :)
I have an iPhone 14 I’m still on an older iOS I haven’t updated to the newest one. Unlike yours the notes arenot searchable. Should I update first or maybe offload my notes app and redownload it again bc my storage is almost completely full? Also when I check my storage in settings it shows 1gb of notes so clearly something is still there even though there’s nothing I can see in the app? Could I also maybe still offload the app and redownload to get the data back?
You are an angel my brother! Thank you for saving our life !!
You are most welcome. I am glad I was able to help :)
Thank you very much
You are welcome!
I’ve never backed up? Is there any way to get my notes back?
For some reason my folder that has my backup does not have a folder inside named "Backup" it instead has a folder called "thumbnails"
I can see there is data on the ".sqlite" file but whenever I copy it over and open notes, it still doesn't show.
Are you also copying all the other files as shown in the video?
@@brogazelle6583 Can this also work for my photos that wasn’t backed up because the storage was full already ?
@@slime4ktjay870 I don't think it will work for Photos. Though, I am not sure you could give it a go.
I also am using iMazing and the "app groups" are not there. There are only 4 folders: apps, documents, logs, and media, please help!!
Hello, I have not had this issue before and someone else has also reported the same problem but I am not sure how to fix this. My recommendation would be to use another backup extractor; try iPhone Backup Extractor.
Maybe it is because you are using a different version of iMazing? If that is the case try downloading an older version (maybe from 2021/2022) if you can and let me know if you are still facing the same problem.
EDIT: The version I used was 2.14.6
Have you tried checking the other folders in case Apple has decided to change the way they store data in the newer version of the app?
hi, i was so excited to see a solution as so many people in the comments said it worked for them, but it didnt work for me. my situation is the same as was yours, on my iphone notes disappeared but i still saw them in spotlight search as well as in the iphone storage (almost 200mb) and i did everything exactly the way you did it, but when i opened the notes in the end, it was still empty. can you help? i have no idea how you could, but can you?:D
i can see all the media that were in my notes as attachments in the backup file, but not the text. i really would just need the sq lite file to open, and i have toruble downloading the db browser also
@@emamihalova7329 Hi, I am not sure why that's happening.
I could suggest a few things that you could try:
1) Check you are copying the correct NoteStore.sqlite file. Check that it is taking up some space (like make sure it is not 0MB).
2) Try copying over the NoteStore.sqlite-wal file too when you copy the NoteStore.sqlite file over. Make sure you are copying it to the right place.
Let me know if this fixes the problem.
Can this also work for my photos that wasn’t backed up ?
I opener imazing and on my iPhone it says my last backup was 2:41 pm but when I open imazing it says there’s no backups I can choose from?
Did you do your backup on the same computer as the one you are using iMazing on?
Brother, you saved me! Thank you so much for this tutorial. Mine was same issue as many other--squeezing too little storage space on iPhone and one day all notes vanished; however i knew they were actually buried somewhere in phone bc general>storage>notes revealed lots of MBs of data present. It worked for me in latest version I think of iMazing (2.17.16). Anyhow can't thank you enough. Please update if you find a way to restore these old notes back on phone. I may try to delete app and reinstall now that I've allocated space onthe phone and have this backup now on my computer. Maybe that will get them visible again?
Hi, i can’t find the com.apple.notes part on my mac, please help me i really need my notes back. what did you do or where did you find it?
You are most welcome. I am glad I was able to help :)
I will update. ifI find a way to restore the notes back on your phone. The reason I have not tried that yet is because I am waiting for a new phone.
But is it not possible to Airdrop your notes to your phone? Of course this is not convenient if you have too many notes.
hello will this still work even if searching it up doesn’t show? when i check the storage in settings it still shows the docs and data mb number
It should work if your problem is the same as described in the video.
But it is still worth to give it a shot.
Let me know if it works or if you need help with anything :)
Hi, I have no previous backups, should I backup my phone now? I don’t know if I should since you mentioned that it might be an issue
Hi, I think it should be fine. The only reason I mention that you should try using your old backup first before making a new one is so that you don't accidentally end up overwriting the previous one.
I found my files from the new backup I made after losing my notes but I just wanted you guys to be safe because you might not have the notes in the new backup so IF you have an old one, it is better to try that one first.
If you don't have any previous backups then you don't really have a choice but to make a new one.
Thanks.
what if you dont have a previous backup ? ):
You don't need a previous backup. You make the backup after you lose the notes. That is what I have done in this video.
But in the video I say that if you do have a previous backup then you should try that one first in case the new backup overwrites the old one and you end up losing the notes in your old back up too. But yes, ideally all your notes should be in the new backup.
Let me know if you have any questions.
@@brogazelle6583 ohh! thank you so much!!!!
@@brogazelle6583 will the backup work if you don't have enough space on your mac for a backup ? for eg. my phone has maxed out it's 256 gb and my mac also has 256 gb which is also almost full, how will it have space for a backup of my entire phone's storage? and will this method work with the free and not upgraded version of iMazing?
@@sugahobi2329 Hmmmm
I don't think think that would work because your Mac would have no where to store your backup... Unless you find a way to only backup the Notes app.
Or you could save the stuff you have on your phone on another device (or like USB/Hard Drive) and then delete that off your phone and then back up your phone so that it has low storage and also make sure there is enough space on your Mac.
This method works with the free version of iMazing. I used the free version too.
Ok whenever I get to the App domain groups for notes I don’t have an “account” folder or anything to see my actual notes all I have is the backups folder with nothing in it, and on the iPhone backup extractor top, please help!!
Hi, that's strange. I didn't encounter such problems. I am not sure why you don't have an "Account" folder.
I am sorry I couldn't help.
please help, for the iphone backup extractor i cannot find “expert mode” please
Try iMazing?
I dont have an old backup, would this work with doing a new backup?
Yes, it should work. That is the method I use; by creating a new backup. I explain this at 02:10.
But make sure you have a secure copy of the notes you already have just in case.
Let me know how it goes.
This works using a backup from iTunes done on windows to access the notes data to move it to Mac to access? How do you get them to show in iPhone, is it when you copy the notes file on Mac, that it syncs to iCloud and your iPhone?
Yes, it should work using a backup from iTunes done on windows which is how I originally did it. I used iTunes to make a backup but then using iMazing to get the Notes data.
In this video I don't show how you can get them to show in iPhone but there are many ways you could do that. One of them being to just simply airdrop them to the iPhone. I have not tried that I don't see why that wouldn't work though.
In this video, I mainly focus on just getting your notes back somewhere where they are readable.
Can this also work for my photos that wasn’t backed up because the storage was full already ?
Hey, I am not sure about this one. You can give it a go but I think you will need to look for different files rather than the Notes files I show here. I feel like it will be a different process entirely. Sorry, I have little knowledge in how iPhone stores photos.
i followed your video tutorial step by step but I couldn’t find the backup folder, everything else is the same in your video but I’m just missing that backup folder do u seem to know in which directory its hiding because i still can see my lost notes when typed the keywords under search on iphone just that it would turn out blank when trying to open
Were your notes saved on "On my iPhone" or other email like gmail or iCloud etc?
@@brogazelle6583 Can this also work for my photos that wasn’t backed up because the storage was full already ?
I have the iPhone backup extractor I got to the part where you click extractor selected but the rest of it I’m having trouble with
Can you provide more details about your problem and we can try fix it? 😄
If you are having trouble extracting the files using "iPhone Backup Extractor" then I suggest you try "iMazing".
does this work if i can’t search the notes the same way you do, or the data? mine just disappeared and they were “ on my iphone”
It should work if your problem is the same as described in the video.
But it is still worth to give it a shot.
Let me know if it works or if you need help with anything :)
i have the same problem however they dont come up when i search them. do you think this will still work? in settings it says the data is there.
It should work if your problem is the same as described in the video.
But it is still worth to give it a shot.
Let me know if it works or if you need help with anything :)
I'm facing this issue, I'm assuming due to storage issues... and my notes still have taken a lot of storage so I am reassured my stuff is still there, but I can't find "app groups" from 3:10 at all! It's really making me panic. I had super important stuff on there. Would really appreciate if you could help!
Hi, "App Groups" should be there... I am not sure why it is not showing up for you sorry. Have you tried other back up apps like "iPhone Backup Extractor" that I mention in the video?
Maybe it is because you are using a different version of iMazing? If that is the case try downloading an older version (maybe from 2021/2022) if you can and let me know if you are still facing the same problem.
EDIT: The version I used was 2.14.6
Can this be done on a PC? I don’t have a MAC
You can get the data (files) using a PC but to view the Notes you will need a MAC.
I only see apps andi can't find app groups :(
Hey, may I ask what software you are using? iMazing or iPhone Back Extractor?
Also, could you tell me what part you got to, as in are you having trouble finding "App Groups" in your Backup like at 3:14 or for the 'Notes' app on your Mac like at 5:58?
@@brogazelle6583 I also have the same issue using iMazing, we're not able to find the App Groups at all it's a little bit different now (I'm not sure if it's upgrade related or not)
@@morganekimbembe9004 Hi, I am not really sure what's causing that? Have you tried installing an older version of iMazing or tried using the iPhone Backup Extractor instead?
Hi, i can’t find the com.apple.notes part on my mac, please help me i really need my notes back. what did you do or where did you find it?
Hi, I am not sure what the issue is here. It should be there... I don't think others have had this issue...
Maybe try it on a different Mac?