IPhone – Accidentally emptied a Note, which was then automatically deleted

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I accidentally emptied the content of one of my Notes by selecting all and then pressing on the "return" key – removing everything.

I then quickly exited from my, now empty, Note, which my iPhone 8 automatically deleted.

And since this was an iCloud synced note it promptly synced it over to my Mac and deleted it from there.

So since technically I didn't delete it I can't find it in my "Recently Deleted Files". And checking my backup data on my iPhone there doesn't seem to be an option for Notes.

Best Answer

I'm sorry to say this but I think your note is permanently deleted.

Here's why:
Deleting text in a note is like deleting text in a Word-document. When you delete all text in a Word-document, you can still undo (using CMD+Z) while the document is open. If you closed the document, the undo history gets deleted. And I thinks iOS Notes works this way. Try to create a new Note, add some text, go back, exit the app (by swiping up) and open it again. Can you undo(shake the device) to remove text? No. Undo history is gone.