Use the Notes app to jot down quick thoughts or organize detailed information with checklists, images, web links, scanned documents, handwritten notes, and sketches. You can even organize your note with sections and headings.
The first line of a note becomes its title. From there, you can format text with styles like headings, bold, and highlights, make a checklist, or add a table or divider line.
Here’s how to create and format notes on iPhone.
Create a new note
- Start the Notes app on your iPhone.
- Tap the New Note button, then enter your text.
- The first line of the note becomes the note’s title.
- To save the note, tap the Done button.
Add formatting, checklists, tables, and divider lines
- Start the Notes app on your iPhone.
- When writing a note, do any of the following:
- Format text: Tap the Format button and choose a style such as Heading, bold or italic font, highlight, and more. You can also swipe over the format bar options to quickly access commonly used styles.
- Make a checklist: Tap the Checklist button.
- Add a table: Tap the Add Table button.
- Add a divider line: Tap to place the insertion point and tap the Expand button. Then choose Insert Divider Line.
Organize a note with sections and headings
Long notes are easy to manage and outline when you collapse and expand sections.
- Start the Notes app on your iPhone.
- In a note, select the text for the heading.
- Tap the Format button and then tap Heading or Subheading.
- Add content to the section and then do any of the following:
- Collapse a section: Tap the Collapse button.
- Expand a section: Tap the Expand button.
Use Writing Tools in Notes
With Apple Intelligence, you can use Writing Tools to summarize selected text with a tap, proofread your work, and create different versions of the same text to help you find the right wording and tone. Note: Apple Intelligence on iOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or iPhone 16 model or later. Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.* *Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.
