How to add or remove accounts in Notes on iPhone

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 iPhone account for notes you keep only on this device. And removing an account doesn’t delete its notes. They stay in your internet account and on any other devices you already set up.

Note: Every Notes feature described in this guide is available with iCloud and the On My iPhone account. If you use other accounts, some features aren’t.

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

Your iCloud notes appear on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac wherever you’re signed in to your Apple Account, and so do any changes you make to them.

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

Add other accounts

Have notes in other accounts, such as Google, Microsoft Exchange, or Yahoo? You can manage them in the Notes app.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
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 iPhone account

This account keeps its notes on your iPhone only, though they’re still included in your iPhone backups to iCloud.

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

Remove an account

Removing or deleting an account means its notes no longer appear on your iPhone. They’re still in your internet account (for example, iCloud.com or Google) and on any other devices you had already set up.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
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). 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.