Learn Effective Solutions To Retrieve Deleted/Lost Notes From iPhone By Using iCloud Backup!
Nowadays, almost every iPhone user used to write notes of their important works, birthday dates, picnic planning, address, names and other important things.
iPhone comes with Note app which is very helpful for every user in their daily and busy life to remember important dates and things by looking on their notes that they have written and saved on their iPhone.
But it is a very sad moment for every user when they accidentally delete Notes or lost them due to any another reasons. If you have also lost your important notes from your Note app on your iPhone then don’t worry. Here you will learn effective solutions that will help you to recover deleted notes on iPhone from iCloud backup.

With the help of iOS Data Recovery, you can:
- Selectively recover deleted/disappeared/lost iPhone notes from iCloud backup.
- Retrieve notes as well as other data types like contacts, videos, photos, audios, call history, SMS, WhatsApp chats, voice recordings, voice memos, calendar, documents and more.
- Recover notes and other data from iPhone data have lost due to mistakenly deletion, water damages, ROM flashed, factory reset, forgotten screen lock, system crashed, virus attacks, etc.
- Preview the recoverable notes within the preview screen of the software.
- Available for both Windows and Mac computer.
- 100% read only program. Safe, secure and easy to use.
Free Download Trial Version/Buy Now iPhone Notes Recovery Tool
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Now, let us start with a real user practical scenario!
Practical Scenario: A User Notes Disappeared From iPhone And Looking To Recover Notes From iCloud Backups
I have a bunch of notes that just disappeared. One as recent as July 11. There are a bunch more missing now that I search, but don’t know how long they’ve been gone.
Is there any way to retrieve specific missing messages from iCloud backups? Or at least see what’s in the iCloud backups?
Source: Apple Discussion
Also Read:How To Recover Permanently Deleted Notes On iPhone
Like the above practical scenario there are many users who are going through this types of situation.
So, now the question arises – How do I recover deleted notes on my iPhone from iCloud backups?
Well, you don’t need to panic as below I have discussed some solutions to retrieve deleted notes from iPhone using iCloud backup or without backup.
Solution 1: Restore Notes On iPhone Via iCloud Backup
If you have created backup in iCloud before the deletion of notes from your iPhone then you can restore the notes from the iCloud Backup.
Note: Before following the below steps take a back of all your data that have not backed up because this solution will factory reset your iPhone that will erase all your saved data.
Below, follow the steps to restore deleted notes from iCloud backup on iPhone.
Step 1: On your iPhone go to Settings > General > Reset, after that you need to tap on “Clear all contents and settings”.
Step 2: After the reset. Set-up your iPhone from starting.
Step 3: Once you visit the “Apps & Data” screen, tap on “Restore from iCloud Backup”.
Step 4: Now, sign-in to your iCloud account with the same ID and password that you have entered at the backup time.
Step 5: Then choose the relevant backup files from the list. Look the date and size of each backup file and continue to restore.
Note: The above solution will restore all data from iCloud Backup. Selective recovery of Notes is not possible because Apple’s iCloud backup has some restrictions.
Also Read: How To Factory Reset iPhone Without iCloud Password [4 Solutions]
Solution 2: Restore iPhone Notes From iCloud.com
You can also check iCloud.com, to find and recover your notes. But this solution will help you to only recover iPhone notes that have been lost in the past 30 days.
Below, follow the steps to restore notes from iCloud.com:
Step 1: Visit iCloud.com on any web browser.
Step 2: Sign-in to your account with your Apple ID.
Step 3: Click on “Notes” and then you will see the list of backed-up notes.
Step 4: Now simply select the Notes that you want to recover.
Step 5: Click on the “Email” icon and type your email address to send those selected Notes to yourself.
Now just open your email on your iPhone and download the Notes attached in the email.
Solution 3: Selectively Recover Deleted iPhone Notes From iCloud Backup
If you want to selectively recover deleted notes from iPhone via iCloud backup then you are highly recommended to try iOS Data Recovery which is perfect and most suitable iPhone Notes Recovery software.
This iPhone Notes Recovery tool helps you selectively retrieve your lost/missing/deleted/disappeared iPhone/iPad Notes from iCloud backup. It also recovers deleted notes from iPhone without iCloud backup as well.
Besides recovering Notes, it also recover other data such as contacts, call logs, photos, text messages, WhatsApp chat history, calendar, voice/call recordings, voice memos, videos, audios, documents and many more.
The most important thing about this iOS Notes Recovery is that it is available for both Windows and Mac computer.
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With the help of this software you can get back iPhone Notes as well as other data types that have lost due to mistakenly deletion, iOS update, screen broken/cracked/smashed, system crashed, factory reset, jail breaking, ROM flashed, forgotten screen lock PIN/password/pattern, water damaged, black/white screen of death, virus or malware infection, etc.
Below, follow the complete steps to selectively retrieve lost/deleted iPhone Notes from iCloud backup by using iOS Data Recovery software.
Support iPhone Models: iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max, iPhone XS (Max), iPhone XR/X, iPhone 8 (Plus), iPhone 7 (Plus), iPhone 6s (Plus), iPhone 6 (Plus), iPhone SE, etc.
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Steps To Selectively Recover iPhone Notes From iCloud Backup
Step 1: Select Recovery Mode
Download iOS Data Recovery software on your computer and launch and click on “Recover”. Now connect your iPhone to computer with the help of USB/Lightning cable.
Then select the option “Recover iOS Data”.
Then click on “Recover from iCloud Backup Files“. You will get the following windows as it is shown in the screenshot below. Simply log-in to your iCloud account with your iCloud id and password.
Note: This iOS Data Recovery take privacy very seriously. This tool does not take or keep any record of any of your Apple account info or content at any time or while during recovery sessions.
Step 2: Download Data From iCloud Backup File
After you successfully logged in to your iCloud account, the software will display all the iCloud backup files of your account. Select the relevant iCloud backup files from which you want to recover data and then click on “Download” button.
A pop-up window will appear, now select the type of files that you want to download and recover. After that click on “Next” button to scan the iCloud content.
Step 3: Preview And Recover Data From iCloud Backup File
Once the scan process gets complete, you can then preview the recoverable files of your iCloud backup file. Select the files that you want to restore and then click on “Recover to Computer” or “Recover to your device” button to save recovered files to your computer or to your device respectively.
Tip: What If You Have Already Downloaded The iCloud Backup Files?
If you already downloaded the iCloud backup file earlier, then you don’t have to sign-in again to your iCloud account. Simply click on “To preview and scan previously downloaded iCloud backup file” that is located under iCloud sign-in account.
Here you can see all the downloaded iCloud Backup files. Select the backup file from which you want to recover data and click on “Scan Downloaded” button. All these download iCloud Backup files are stored on your computer. If you want to delete them completely, then simply click on “trash” icon.
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If you don’t have iCloud backup, then here follow the steps to recover deleted notes from iPhone without iCloud backup.
Also Read: Solved: iCloud Backup Greyed Out On iPhone (iOS 13 Supported)
Bonus Tip: Backup Your iPhone Notes To Handle Such Situation
You should keep a regular habit to back up your iPhone Notes and other data so that when the Notes and other data accidentally got deleted or lost then at such situation backup will help you to restore them to your iPhone.
You can create backup of your iPhone data (including Notes) to iTunes or iCloud.
Since, iTunes or iCloud backup have some restrictions, hence it is recommended that you must try iOS Backup & Restore software to back up Notes from iPhone to computer. This iPhone Notes Backup & Restore tool backup all your notes and also provide the option to selectively backup notes and other data and when it is needed you can selectively restore them back to your iPhone.
Here, follow the steps to backup & restore iPhone’s Notes by using iOS Backup & Restore software.
Wrap Up
I hope the above 3 solutions help you to recover deleted iPhone Notes via iCloud. Solution 1 help to restore your lost/disappeared notes from iCloud backup, but it does not give the option to selectively recover the deleted notes and also delete all your current data saved in your iPhone.
Solution 2 helps you to restore iPhone Notes if you have backup in iCloud.com.
But, in case if you want to selectively recover iPhone Notes from iCloud backup or if you do not have any backup of your lost/deleted Notes then you are highly suggested to use iOS Data Recovery software which is mentioned in Solution 3.

Max Field
Max Field is a founder of recoveriphone-data.com. He is an iOS lover and loves to write tips, tricks, fixes for errors, data recovery solutions and more related to iOS, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iTunes and iCloud.