Why has notes data been lost on iPad Pro despite not being deleted

[iMore Question]

I was connecting my iPad Pro to a Logitech keyboard when two non adjacent but folders containing 4 years of data suddenly vanished. They were not manually deleted. How do I recover. They were notes app that came with the ipad. Not iCloud notes.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Listen, there are some things we cannot answer. You’re telling us that your notes vanished while connecting your iPad Pro to a Logitech keyboard. I can’t find a correlation between the connection and the disappearance of your notes. Since you stated that the notes are not associated with iCloud, I’m going to assume they are saved locally on the device.

With that being said, start by rebooting your iPad Pro. Afterwards, initiate the native Notes app and then tap on the arrow in the upper left corner of the screen until you see “FOLDERS”. That should provide you with a count of all of your notes in their associated folders. Select them all to see if your notes have reappeared.