Sort notes and choose how they look
Sort a folder’s notes by title or edit date, and choose how much of each note the list shows.
- Open a folder. On iPhone, tap “Actions”. On Mac and iPad, tap “Options”.
- Tap “Sort by”. Pick “Title” or “Edit date”, then “Ascending” or “Descending”.
- Tap “Note style”. Pick “Only title”, “Title and body” or “Complete”.
Good to know
- Each is one setting for all your lists, not one per folder.
- Pinned notes always stay on top.
- Recent and Pinned lists always sort by last edit, so “Sort by” is not there.
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