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Use Quick Notes on iPad

You can use Quick Notes to jot down information over any app or screen on iPad. Add links, images, tags, and mentions to a Quick Note so you can get to important names, numbers, and ideas easily. When you highlight text in Safari or add a link from an app, you see a Quick Note thumbnail next time you visit the site, taking you right to what you were viewing before.

A Quick Note in a window overlay over a map of Iceland. The note has text and an option to link to the map.

You can access all your Quick Notes in the Notes app. And when you make a Quick Note on your iPad, you can see the note on your iPhone and Mac, too.

Take a Quick Note

To make a Quick Note, do any of the following:

  • From any app or screen: Add the Quick Note button to Control Center, tap the Quick Note button. Tap the Done button when you’re done.

  • From supported apps: Tap the Share button, tap More, then tap Add to Quick Note. Tap the Done button when you’re done.

  • If your iPad is connected to an Apple external keyboard, use the Globe-Q keyboard shortcut to open Quick Notes. If Quick Notes is already open, you can use Command-N to create a new note.

Take Quick Notes with the corner gesture

Swipe up from the bottom right corner of the display using Apple Pencil.

Tip: You can also do this gesture with your finger—go to Settings  > Multitasking & Gestures, then turn on Swipe Finger from Corner.

Go to Settings  > Apps > Notes, tap Corner Gestures, then do any of the following:

  • Turn on or off Allow Finger to Swipe from Corner.

  • Tap Left Corner Swipe or Right Corner Swipe, then choose an action.

View and organize Quick Notes

  1. Go to the Notes app on your iPad.

  2. Tap Quick Notes in the folders list.

    You may need to tap the Toggle Sidebar button to show the folders list.

Note: You can’t lock a Quick Note unless you move it to a different folder.

If you move an individual Quick Note to a different folder, it becomes a standard note and no longer appears as a Quick Note in other apps.

See alsoSearch through your notes on iPadUse keyboard shortcuts in Notes on iPad
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