Unlock the Full Potential of Your iPhone Notes App: 9 Hidden Features You Need to Know

1. Add a link to other notes

Add a link to other notes

1. Select the text you want to link
2. Press the ▶
3. Select Link
4. Search for the name of your note

Check "Use Note as Title as Name" to replace your selected text with the note name.

2. Scan PDFs documents to your note

Scan documents and add them as PDFs to your note:

1. Click on the photo icon
2. Select scan documents
3. Scan your documents and click save

You now have a PDF in your note that is searchable:

3. Copy text from a physical document to note

Copy and paste text from a physical document into your note:

1. Click on the photo icon
2. Select scan text
3. Locate your text and click insert

Your text is now in your note as if you had written it manually.

4. Power of Quick Notes

4. Enable the power of Quick Notes:

Go to Settings > Control Centre and add Quick Note

You can now add a note from everywhere by swiping down in the right corner and tapping the Quick Note button. It also saves the context, displaying the note if you visit an URL you've saved.

5. Collaborate on note with ease

Collaborate on a note (like a to-do or shopping list) with ease:

1. Create your list
2. Click the share button
3. Make sure Collaborate is selected
4. Share the link with another user

Your note now syncs across your devices!

6. Password-protected note

Create a password-protected note:

1. On your note, click … and select Lock.
2. The first time, choose to use your iPhone's code or a manual one. If you forget the manual code, your note won't be recoverable.
3. Your note now needs FaceId or a code to be seen

7. Organize notes with smart folders

Organize your notes with smart folders:

Create a new folder by tapping "New Folder" in the bottom left corner and selecting "Make it Into Smart Folder". Here you can create different folders like: - To do-lists you haven't checked - Specific tags - Pinned notes

8. Share folder

Share folder

Share a notes folder by tapping ... and selecting "Share Folder."

When the invite is accepted, you can tag each other in the notes (write @), and the other person will get a notification. You can also see all the activities in the folder.

9. Save note as PDF or Word

Save a note as PDF or Word file (hidden feature):

Open the note, tap share icon, select Markup, click on the note title. Now you can share as PDF.

For formatting, open the note in Pages, format it as desired. Export as Word file and more.