Apple’s iCloud service is known for being secure, however, if you tend to keep sensitive information in Notes on your iPhone, you may want to stop Notes from syncing to iCloud.
If you stop Notes from syncing to iCloud on your iPhone, your information will remain on your physical device. The process for disabling Notes from syncing to iCloud is extremely simple and can be done in a few steps. Here’s how.
Learn how to stop Notes from syncing to iCloud on iPhone
Before you get started, note that this process will not delete existing data from iCloud. It will only delete the copy of that data on your device. If you turn the functionality back on, your iPhone will download all the existing Notes data stored in iCloud and it will become available on your device.
- Launch Settings from the Home screen of your iPhone.
- Tap your Apple ID at the top of Settings.
- Tap iCloud > Show All.
- Next, tap Notes.
Finally switch the toggle for Sync this iPhone to OFF. Your iPhone will display a warning that switching this toggle off will delete all your synced notes from this device. Tap Delete from iPhone to confirm.
We hope this guide helped you learn how to stop Notes from syncing to iCloud on your iPhone. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.
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