How do I recover a deleted OneNote page from my iPad

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How do I recover a deleted OneNote page from my iPad

Rsh 0

I deleted a page from OneNote by accidentally swiping left on it, and with no confirmation, it deleted. How do I recover this page as it's not accessible anymore

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Francisco Montilla 30,735 Independent Advisor

Hello,

The quickest way to get it back on an iPad is to restore it from the notebook recycle bin using OneNote for the web in Safari. On your iPad, open Safari and go to onenote.com, then sign in with the same account you use in the OneNote app.

Open the same notebook where you swiped the page away. In the top bar choose the View tab, then Deleted Notes. Find your page, tap and hold it, choose Restore To, pick the section you want, and confirm. Switch back to the OneNote app and pull down to refresh the section so the page reappears. OneNote keeps deleted pages in the notebook recycle bin for 60 days before they are permanently removed.

What you saw on iPad is expected. Swipe to delete on iPad is immediate and the app does not offer Undo for page deletions, which is why it seemed to vanish without a prompt. The recycle bin safety net is at the notebook level and is accessible from OneNote on the web or desktop.

If you do not see the page in Deleted Notes, make sure you are in the right notebook and account and that it was deleted less than 60 days ago.

If you still cannot find it, tell me roughly when it was deleted and where the notebook is stored, OneDrive or SharePoint, and I will guide you on the next best step.

Rsh 0 Reputation points

2025-11-22T08:03:12.6566667+00:00

"deleted notes" is greyed out and I cannot press it. I deleted around an hour and a half ago and it is stored in onedrive
Francisco Montilla 30,735 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-23T03:47:30.3833333+00:00

When Deleted Notes is greyed out it usually means notebook history is disabled for that notebook, which also disables its recycle bin. The fix is to briefly open the notebook in OneNote on a Windows PC or a Mac, turn notebook history back on, and then restore the page.

Open OneNote on a PC or Mac, sign in with the same account, and open the notebook from OneDrive. Go to the History tab, open the Notebook Recycle Bin menu, and remove the check from Disable History for this notebook. This immediately re-enables Deleted Notes. Now open the Notebook Recycle Bin, locate the deleted page, and restore it back to your section. Back on iPad, pull down in the section to sync and the page should reappear.
Soham Parmar 0 Reputation points

2026-10-01T22:13:15.62+00:00

On an iPad, I don’t think one can ‘tap and hold’. I was able to see my deleted note, but I can’t restore it! Same issue is with the android device (even with desktop site turned on in the browser).