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Notes app empty and iCloud notes not accessible on iPhone

My notes are all gone.

I recently deleted then redownloaded the notes app in an attempt to recover a note that was important to me, but when i opened it, the app is completely empty. following what people online said, i tried to turn off the cloud sync and turn it back on, but it did nothing. now whenever i open the app, it shows me the "folders" section with no folders. all of the notes in the "on my iphone" section are completely gone, which is where most of my notes were. also, i cannot access the Icloud notes from my iphone. but i CAN access icloud notes from icloud.com. how do i recover this???


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The notes in the "On my iPhone" location are stored only on your iPhone, not in iCloud. Removing the app also removes those notes.


The only way to recover your notes is to restore a backup made before the notes disappeared. (The notes in the "On my iPhone" location are part of a backup, contrary to notes stored in iCloud.)