How to recover deleted Sticky Notes on Windows 10

Did you delete a note from Sticky Notes by accident? Use these steps to restore it on Windows 10.

Sticky Notes deletion recovery
Sticky Notes deletion recovery

On Windows 10, Sticky Notes is a handy little tool that helps you to take small notes quickly right from within the desktop.

However, the tool has been designed to only take quick notes, so it doesn’t include a lot of features or an archival system to undelete items, but if you delete a note with important content, you can still recover them as long as you’re using the app with a Microsoft account.

In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to restore notes that you may have deleted by accident from Sticky Notes on Windows 10.

How to recover deleted Sticky Notes

To recover deleted notes from Sticky Notes, use these steps:

  1. Open Outlook on the web.

  2. Sign in with the account connected to Windows 10.

  3. Click on Deleted Items from the left pane.

  4. Select the note that you want to recover.

  5. Click the Restore button.

    Recover deleted Sticky Notes
    Recover deleted Sticky Notes

Once you complete the steps, the note will restore to Sticky Notes. If you don’t see note restored in the list, you may need to restart the desktop app to resync your notes.

About the author

Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert who started Pureinfotech in 2010 as an independent online publication. He has also been a Windows Central contributor for nearly a decade. Mauro has over 15 years of experience writing comprehensive guides and creating professional videos about Windows and software, including Android and Linux. Before becoming a technology writer, he was an IT administrator for seven years. In total, Mauro has over 21 years of combined experience in technology. Throughout his career, he achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft (MSCA), Cisco (CCNP), VMware (VCP), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+), and he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years. You can follow him on X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn and About.me. Email him at [email protected].