Why Can’t Notes Be Moved from ‘On My iPhone’ to iCloud? – iOS and iCloud Solutions

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I have an iPhone SE running iOS 9.3.3. I use the Notes app extensively to share between my iMac running Mavericks, and my phone and iPads.

Recently I accidentally moved 4 notes from iCloud, to the phone itself. I thought this was trivial and I could just move the notes back, but I cannot. There is no option to do so.

First, I should say that I am running the "new" Notes app (the one with doodles, photos, etc.) Second, when I go into my local folder on the phone and hit Edit, I get the "Move All" option, but iCloud is not presented as an option to move to, only my local phone and a New Folder option. There is no way presented to move the notes to iCloud, either en masse or individually.

I have tried turning Notes off/on in iCloud, as well as signing out & back in to iCloud, without success.

How can I get these notes to move back to iCloud again?

Best Answer

Without using a Mac or iCloud.com, I think the best way is to simply copy and paste the contents of each note into a new note that is on iCloud. Thankfully, you only have four notes, so it's not too time intensive to do.