How to add or remove accounts in Notes on iPad

In the Notes app, you can use multiple accounts—such as iCloud, enterprise-managed iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Google, and Yahoo—and keep all your notes in one place. Your notes stay up to date on all your devices that use the same accounts.

You can also have an On My iPad account for notes you keep only on this device. Notes in your iCloud account, along with your changes, show up on every iPhone, iPad, and Mac signed in to your Apple Account.

Note: With iCloud and the On My iPad account, you get all the Notes features described in this guide, but some aren’t available with other accounts.

Keep your notes up to date on all your devices with iCloud

When you’re signed in to your Apple Account on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, your iCloud notes appear on each, along with any changes you make to them.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap your name, then tap iCloud.
3. Tap See All (next to Saved to iCloud). Then turn on Notes.

Add other accounts

The Notes app can also manage notes you keep in other accounts, like Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo, and Google.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Notes.
3. Tap Notes Accounts and tap Add Account.
4. Do one of the following:
   • Choose an account provider, then enter your account information.
   • If your account provider isn’t listed, tap Add Other Account, enter your email account information, then turn on Notes for that account.

Set up an On My iPad account

Notes in this account stay only on your iPad, but your iPad backups to iCloud include them.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Notes.
3. Turn on On My iPad Account.

Remove an account

After you remove or delete an account, its notes won’t appear on your iPad anymore, but they remain in your internet account (for example, Google or iCloud.com) and on any other devices you’d already set up.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apps, then tap Notes.
3. Tap Notes Accounts and tap the account you want to remove.
4. Do one of the following:
   • Stop using Notes on the account: Turn off Notes.

     For an iCloud account, tap iCloud. Tap See All (next to Saved to iCloud), then turn off Notes.

     Note: You can continue to use the account for other services, such as Mail.

   • Stop using all services on the account: Tap Sign Out (for an iCloud account) or Delete Account (for other accounts).

     If you don’t see Sign Out or Delete Account, your account may be managed by your organization. See an administrator for removal instructions.

See also

• Change your Notes settings on iPad
• Create and format notes on iPad