iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise and use the homepage
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Hide your photos and videos
- Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Upload and download photos
- Add a title or caption
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Share photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
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Set up iCloud for Notes on all of your devices
You can use iCloud with Notes on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, and on iCloud.com. For an overview of what you can do with iCloud, see Keep your notes up to date and share them with iCloud.
Note: Make sure you’re signed in with the same Apple ID on each device. If you have devices where you’re not signed in with your Apple ID or that have the Notes feature turned off, you won’t be able to access your iCloud notes on those devices.
Set up iCloud for Notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
Do one of the following:
iOS 16, iPadOS 16 or later: Tap Show All, tap Notes, then turn on Sync this [device].
iOS 15, iPadOS 15 or earlier: Turn on Notes.
To view notes stored in iCloud, open the Notes app. In the Folder list, select All iCloud or a folder in the iCloud section.
For more information on how to collaborate on notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, see any of the following:
iPhone User Guide: Share notes and collaborate on iPhone
iPad User Guide: Share notes and collaborate on iPad
iPod touch User Guide (iOS 15 or earlier): Share notes and collaborate on iPod touch
Set up iCloud for Notes on your Mac
On your Mac, do one of the following:
macOS 13.3 or later: Choose Apple menu
> System Settings, click [your name] at the top of the sidebar, then click iCloud. Below Apps Using iCloud, click Show All or Show More Apps, click Notes, then turn on Sync this Mac.
macOS 13 to 13.2: Choose Apple menu
> System Settings, click [your name] at the top of the sidebar, click iCloud, then turn on Notes.
macOS 12 or earlier: Choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Apple ID, click iCloud, then select Notes.
To view notes stored in iCloud, open the Notes app. In the Folder list, select All iCloud or a folder in the iCloud section.
For more information on how to collaborate on notes on your Mac, see Share notes and folders on Mac in the Notes User Guide for Mac.
Use Notes on iCloud.com
You can access your iCloud notes in a web browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
Go to icloud.com/notes and sign in with your Apple ID.
For more information on how to use Notes on iCloud.com, see any of the following:
On a phone: Use Notes on iCloud.com
On a tablet: Use Notes on iCloud.com
On a computer: Use Notes on iCloud.com