How to export notes from iPhone

This article explains how to export notes from an iPhone using CopyTrans Contacts. The method works with any iPhone, iPad and iPod touch as well as with all recent Windows editions including Windows 10. If your notes are stored in some associated account, we have a more specific guides on how to back up iCloud notes and how to transfer notes from Gmail or Yahoo.

Follow the steps below to transfer notes from iPhone to computer:

1. Download CopyTrans Contacts from the following page:

   Download CopyTrans Contacts

2. Install the program. If you need help installing, check the installation guide.

3. Run the program and connect your iPhone/iPad to the computer.

4. In the main CopyTrans Contacts window, click the Note icon on the left-hand side panel. To transfer notes from iCloud, Gmail, or Yahoo, set up a cloud account in CopyTrans Contacts.

IMPORTANT: even though you see the “Edit notes” button in the screenshot, editing notes is no longer possible in iOS 11 and above due to Apple limitations.

5. Select the notes you wish to transfer from iPhone from the notes list. To select several notes, hold down the CTRL key or use the check boxes. You can select all iPhone notes at once by pressing CTRL + A or by checking the box next to “Notes”. Click on the “Export selected” button to initiate iPhone notes backup.

6. Choose how to export the notes from iPhone. In this case we clicked “To a file (all note formats)”. As you see you can export your notes from iPhone to Outlook.

7. Navigate to the location on your PC where you wish to transfer your notes from iPhone and click OK.

8. Your iPhone notes will be backed up to your PC in the form of individual files.

Transfer notes from iPhone to computer – YouTube tutorial