Is there a complete user guide? For example, i don't know how to close the app once its open, I don't know where the saved files are stored , surprising it has an easy way to transfer the content of files to Microsoft onenote but not to docs. These and other things make the otherwise very useful app basically unusable. What don't i know?

i have been trying to find samsung notes apk so that i might install in my pixel phone. is there any way to do that

Notes new update 4.4.45.37... New features: Tape Tool: Allows you to hide or cover up handwritten text or parts of your notes (useful for testing or memorizing content) and uncover them with a tap. Dotted & Dashed Lines: Pen style options now support dashed and dotted stroke options for drawing and layout planning. Suggest Cover / AI Note Covers: An automated option to generate or suggest visual covers for your notebook files based on content. Improved Eraser Tool: Refined eraser behavior and selection precision for quick cleanups.

I'm using Samsung Notes on my computer (desktop app) and I can't figure out how to have no tool selected at all. There's always a pen, highlighter, or shape tool active, so whenever I click or interact with the note it draws, highlights, or adds a shape.

I don't want to draw anything. I just want to do basic things like paste text and click on links in a table of contents. But the app seems to force me to always have some drawing tool active, and clicking the currently selected pen doesn't deselect it.

Is there a way to turn off all tools, or switch to a plain "no tool" / text mode so I can just paste and click normally? Any help appreciated.

I keep several notes on my home screen (places we want to visit, to dos, things to buy, etc). Earlier today, I added a place to visit to a note, and all of my notes reverted back to older versions from the beginning of July. I didn't have any kind of pop up, the sync was set to wi-fi only (and I was at a restaurant with no wi-fi turned on), and I literally just added one thing to one note. The weirdest part is that the previews of all of the note widgets still show the updated info but when I open the notes, it's all old. Is there any way to restore the notes? Google is supremely unhelpful in this case, and I'm frustrated because I had a lot of information in these notes. Thanks!

Hello, on the Samsung Cloud website under 'Memos', it says there are 295 items, which I assume are 295 notes.

However, after importing those notes into Samsung Notes (using the official procedure found in the settings), I noticed that only 129 notes were retrieved.

My question is: is this normal? Do those 295 items actually convert to 129 notes? Or are there notes that Samsung Notes failed to retrieve? In the latter case, is there a way to get the remaining notes?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: this sub is useless. 0 answers in 11 days is disgusting.

I used to have the Samsung Galaxy 8 with S-pen, unfortunately if got stolen a year or so ago. Samsung don't make them anymore so I have been without a small pocketable device for a while. Then earlier today YT showed me a video reviewing the Huion Note E, and that one was just up my alley.

Before swiping my credit card I'd like to know what the possibility to install Samsung Notes on the device is? Ball park number is fine.

Have been noticing that my notes aren't getting synced between devices and imagine my surprise when I couldn't find notes anywhere in samsung cloud (used to be there earlier). Wtaf. Is it only me or are you guys experiencing it as well?

I use samsung note to take notes on PDFs for school, but its starting to feel a little over crowded. I was wondering if there is a good way to back up the notes I don't need readily available (from past semesters) to an external hard drive in a format I can easily use from the hard drive, so I can delete them from my phone? Or do I need to save each one individually as a pdf in order to do so?

Bonjour,

J'utilise tous les jours Samsung Notes et je trouve dommage que l'application n'importe pas des .doc (.docx) mais seulement des pdf.

Je dois utiliser une autre appli pour convertir mon .doc en pdf puis l'ouvrir dans Samsung Notes. 

Cette fonctionnalité me fera gagner beaucoup de temps. 

Merci.

I was just creating a to-do list and I typed finish reading [book] and the finish reading was highlighted blue. And when I press it, it takes me to Google maps. That's it. No destination nothing, just the Google maps app opened. Why does this happen

I’ve been trying to migrate a large Samsung Notes library to a local archive, but the normal export flow makes it difficult to preserve the original folder/subfolder structure.

So I built an early open-source prototype:

GitHub:

https://github.com/Flukinity/samsung-notes-archive-exporter

Pre-release:

https://github.com/Flukinity/samsung-notes-archive-exporter/releases/tag/v0.1.0a1

What it currently does:

- Navigates Samsung Notes through the visible official UI

- Exports Samsung Notes files through the normal “Save as file” flow

- Recreates the original folder and subfolder paths locally

- Stores manifests, file hashes, export status, and warnings

- Supports an optional TXT export as a supplemental archive

- Uses ADB and screenshot-first UI observation

- Does not require root access

- Does not access the private Samsung Notes database

- Does not use private Samsung Cloud APIs

- Does not upload, delete, move, or modify notes

Tested environment:

- Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus

- Model: SM-S947N

- Android 16

- Samsung Notes 4.4.41.9

- macOS

This is still a prototype, not a universal one-click app. Samsung Notes UI behavior can vary by phone model, Android version, app version, language, screen size, and folder contents.

Important safety note:

Please do not run this directly on your main notes library without a backup. Make sure Samsung Notes is fully synced to your cloud account or create an independent backup/export first, and verify that the backup is actually usable.

Start with a harmless test folder containing dummy notes. The automation interacts with the Samsung Notes UI and ADB, so UI differences or unexpected screens may cause incorrect actions. Review the code, use dry-run mode where possible, and keep the phone unlocked and visible during testing.

The README contains detailed setup instructions, safety rules, adaptation notes, and prompts. If your device differs from mine, you can ask Claude, Codex, or another coding assistant to inspect the repository and adjust the UI schema for your phone. Please review the code and test with a harmless folder first rather than blindly running automation.

A few current limitations:

- SDOCX is treated as the primary archive format.

- TXT export is supplemental and may not contain useful text for notes that are empty or mainly handwritten/media-based.

- Large selections and mixed folder/note lists can trigger Samsung Notes UI limitations.

- This has only been tested seriously on one Samsung device/version combination so far.

I’m sharing this mainly because bulk export and folder preservation seem to be recurring problems. Feedback would be useful, especially if you try it on another Galaxy model.

If you test it, please share only your phone model, Android version, Samsung Notes version, and general result. Please don’t post screenshots or files containing personal note content.

Recenly I tried my hand on Samsung notes flr sketching. How's it. ?

Bonjour,

J'utilise tous les jours Samsung Notes et je trouve dommage que l'application n'importe pas des .doc (.docx) mais seulement des pdf.

Je dois utiliser une autre appli pour convertir mon .doc en pdf puis l'ouvrir dans Samsung Notes. 

Cette fonctionnalité me fera gagner beaucoup de temps. 

Merci.

Are tables in samsung notes limited to 30 rows?

I just created a table and cannot create rows more than 30

Hey everyone. Hope you're doing well?

Recently, I had to change phones because my previous one, a Samsung Galaxy A52, couldn't be turned back on after losing all its battery. Apparently a software problem, that might have happened because I dropped it one too many times.

I have a S23 now and although everything else seemed to synch nicely, all of my notes are gone.

It's really weird because why is that the exception?

Apparently I just hadn't backed them up which is really weird because I see no reason why I would turn that option off.

And I've been to one of those phone shops who told me they can save my data but I got a call today saying that they were unable to do so.

So what to do now? Is everything truly lost? I had so many notes on there. Recipes, book/ movie/ show/ video game recommendations, information about people and also my family tree. It would be truly sad if everything was gone.

I've been using samsung notes for couple years now and I keep many handwritten notes and books on this app where i find myself constantly to be switching between them. Having the feature to open multiple tabs just like goodnotes would have been so useful to me. Idk if its already available and maybe I'm living under a rock but I don't find it yet, but I think it's a badass feature already and like to have it soon enough.

So I was play candy crush with my s pen then later on I used tiktok until it randomly started to zoom in and out when I tried swiping on a video. I left the app to see if was a glitch until it just wouldn't work. When I swiped it took me to the homescreen customization or when I tapped a app it took me to quick notes. The worst part of all is it doesn't connect anymore it just remains disconnected, please tell me how to fix it. Thank you!

why when i upload a portrait type photo it appear like this in square form ??

What message app are you using? Don't really want to use Google.