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Add attachments to notes on iPhone

In the Notes app , you can attach photos, videos, and scanned documents. You can even add info from other apps—maps, links, documents, and more.

Add a photo or video

  1. In a note, tap the Camera button.

  2. Take a new photo or video, or tap Photo Library to add existing photos and videos.

  3. To change the preview size of attachments, touch and hold an attachment, then tap Small Images or Large Images.

Tip: To draw on a photo, tap the photo, then tap the Handwriting Tools button.

To save photos and videos taken in Notes to the Photos app, go to Settings  > Notes, then turn on Save to Photos.

Scan a document into a note using the camera

  1. In a note, tap the Camera button, then choose Scan Documents.

  2. Position iPhone so that the document page appears on the screen; iPhone automatically captures the page.

    To manually capture the page, tap the Take Picture button or press a volume button. To turn the flash on or off, tap the Show Flash Settings button.

    A screen showing a document being scanned. The Take Picture button is at the bottom center.
  3. Scan additional pages, then tap Save when you’re done.

  4. To make changes to the saved document, tap it, then do any of the following:

    • Add more pages: Tap the Add Scan button.

    • Crop the image: Tap the Crop button.

    • Apply a filter: Tap the Show Filters button, then choose to scan the page as a color, grayscale, or black-and-white document, or as a photo.

    • Rotate the image: Tap the Rotate button.

    • Mark up the document: Tap the Share button, tap the Handwriting Tools button, then use the markup tools to add annotations or your signature.

    • Delete the scan: Tap the Delete Scan button.

Add info from another app to a note

You can add information from another app as an attachment to a note—for example, a location in Maps, a webpage in Safari, a PDF in Files, or a screenshot.

  1. In the other app, open the item you want to share (for example, a map or webpage).

  2. Tap Share or the Share button, then tap Notes.

  3. Save the item to a new note or choose an existing note.

View all attachments in Notes

  1. Tap the More button, then tap View Attachments to see thumbnails of drawings, photos, links, documents, and other attachments. (Attachments in locked notes aren’t shown.)

  2. To go to a note with a specific attachment, tap the attachment thumbnail, then tap Show in Note.

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