This article tells you 2 ways for how to retrieve a deleted sticky note on Mac.

Sometimes, due to deletion or system errors, you might lost sticky notes on Mac. In this case, do a search using either Spotlight or Finder's command F option for the filename you saved it as.Īlternatively, if you don't recall the filename, you can search by the date (or date range) you last saved/opened/modified the file, the contents of the file (assuming you remember some of it), and even by the kind of file (by default Stickies will save as a plain text file).Updated to macOS Data Recovery Tips by Robert on | Approved by Daryl BaxterĬan you restore deleted stickies Mac? Yes, stickies can be regarded as a type of documents. NOTE: If your username is not visible in the Sidebar, then go to Finder > Preferences, select the Sidebar tab and then select the checkbox next to your username at the bottom of the Favourites list.įinally, if by 'saved a Sticky Note* you mean you exported it, then by default it'd be saved in your user's home folder unless you navigated to another location when you saved it. Now your Library folder will be visible.

Now tick the Checkbox next to the Show Library Folder option (it's the bottom checkbox - see screenshot below).

Now go to View > Show View Options (or press command J).

In the Finder window that appears, click on your username in the Sidebar (see note at end if it's not listed).

Click on the Finder icon in your Dock (usually the very first icon).

If you can't see the Library folder, then follow these steps:

This file is located within the user's Library folder, usually located in Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library. Assuming that you're talking about the native Stickies app that's part of macOS, all notes are saved in the StickiesDatabase file.

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