iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customize and use the homepage tiles
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
Set up iCloud for Notes on all your devices
You can use iCloud with Notes on your iPhone, iPad, 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 to the same Apple Account on each device. If you’re not signed in to your Apple Account on a device, or the device has the Notes feature turned off, you won’t be able to access your iCloud notes on the device.
Set up iCloud for Notes on your iPhone or iPad
On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
Tap See All (or Show All), tap Notes, then turn on Sync this [device].
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 or iPad, see any of the following:
iPhone User Guide: Share notes and collaborate on iPhone
iPad User Guide: Share notes and collaborate on iPad
Set up iCloud for Notes on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click your name at the top of the sidebar.If you don’t see your name, click “Sign in,” enter your Apple Account email address or phone number, then enter your password.
Click iCloud, then do one of the following:
macOS Sequoia or later: Below Saved to iCloud, click Notes, then turn on Sync this Mac.
macOS 13.3 to 14: Below Apps Using iCloud, click Show All or Show More Apps, click Notes, then turn on Sync this Mac.
macOS 13 to 13.2: 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 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 to your Apple Account.
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