Operating system Windows Joplin version 3.2.13 Desktop version info Joplin 3.2.13 (prod, win32) What issue do you have? Silly me! Haven't been thinking about my "tech" enough, a little rusty. Somehow I erased the contents of a note, M68, on April 11th in the Joplin app on my android phone. I fire…

If the Backup plugin was enabled, there should be a backup of it in your home directory, under JoplinBackup. Did you check there?

Unfortunately I made a new backup after I erased the note. I thought I had set it to keep multiple backups, but I was wrong. I don't know why when I try to restore a previous version of the note is that it just appears as "untitled" with no content.

You also have the option to try this, depending on what data you have left in your database: [image] Restoring Deleted Notes light_bulbFeatures Note: The method described here is an advanced one. First consider trying these more simple methods . Restoring Del…

[image] bluedragon4400: In Joplin in Windows in note history in the note properties I see the previous versions, but when I select a date, it doesn't show any text, and when I recover it all I get is a blank note. Any ideas? I think there is a potential issue with note history normalisation h…

Thanks for your replies, and suggestions! I was able to recover last the 90 days of the note from sqlite. It seems like I am out of luck on the rest of the note. I'll have to be more careful in the future, multiple backups and stopping a sync if I notice an issue.

PS, I didn't find any data for this particular note in my OneDrive files either.

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laurent 14 April 2025 08:04 4

You also have the option to try this, depending on what data you have left in your database:

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Recovering erased note

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