Know which notes reach a new phone
Whether the notes you have written will be waiting for you on your next phone.
Notes kept on your account — the one you sign into the phone with — appear on a new phone by themselves.
Notes filed under On My iPhone or On My Device live on that handset alone, and travel nowhere.
Key points
- Notes kept on your account arrive on any phone you sign into
- Notes filed On My iPhone or On My Device stay on that one phone
What to remember
- The heading decides whether a note travels.
- Notes travel with the account, not with the handset.
Try this
Open the folder list in Notes on your own phone and see whether anything sits under On My iPhone.
Practice: Know which notes reach a new phone. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.