4 Easy Ways to Recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10

Can you recover Microsoft Sticky Notes?

Sticky Notes are very easy to delete by mistake, or you can't open them, and there is no where to recover your Sticky Notes. That can be worrying to recover deleted Sticky Notes, but there are some ways to recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10.

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4 ways to recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10

How to recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10? You can try different ways according to the situation you meet. You can recover deleted Sticky Notes with data recovery software, from .snt files, from Outlook, or from a backup version. Scroll down to see the detailed steps of them.

Way 1. Recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10 using a powerful recovery tool

First, we want to share the best option for you - an easy file recovery tool like AOMEI FastRecovery to recover Sticky Notes. It can directly scan your drive to find and recover deleted or lost data in Windows 10, 11, etc., and Windows Server.

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1. First, hover the mouse over the drive, and click Scan to let it be scanned.

2. You'll see all the deleted or lost data after Quick Scan automatically. Try to find Sticky notes by Type or Path. To locate files quickly, you can directly type the file name or extension in the search box.

3. Select deleted Sticky notes and click on the Recover button to start the recovery process. Please select a new location to store your recovered Sticky Notes files.

Way 2. Recover Sticky Notes from .snt files

If your Sticky Notes are deleted by accident, you can try recovering them from .snt files. Here are the detailed steps to do it:

1. Go to the location: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes.

2. Locate the .snt file and right-click on it to open it with a text editor like MS Word, Notepad, or WordPad.

3. You'll be required to decode the file. Select the default actions and continue. Then, press Ctrl and F keys to search for the contents of your Sticky Notes here.

Way 3. Recover Sticky Notes from Outlook

How to recover Sticky Notes quickly? Sometimes, your Sticky Notes will be connected with your Microsoft account. You can try recovering them from Outlook.

1. Go to the Outlook site, and sign in to your Microsoft account.

2. Then, click on the Notes option at the bottom of the menu. You may see your deleted or lost Sticky Notes here. If not, try AOMEI FastRecovery.

Way 4. Recover Sticky Notes from a previous version

If you are using a Windows PC and enable the built-in feature - Windows File History, you can recover Sticky Notes with the previous version. 

1. Navigate to the folder where your Sticky Notes files are. Right-click on the Sticky Notes file and choose the Restore previous version option.

2. Select any version of the Sticky Notes file, and click on Restore. It will restore Sticky notes to original location.

Wrapping things up

To recover Sticky Notes in Windows 10, the best way is to use a powerful recovery tool like AOMEI FastRecovery. It allows you to directly scan the disk and find all recoverable data. You can check the scanning results by Type or Path, sort, search, filter, and preview files.

In addition to Sticky Notes, it can help you to recover deleted files in Windows 10, including more than 1000 types of files, for free. It can save you much time and effort and help you find your files quickly.