Notes app users, rejoice! The Apple Notes app now allows users to collapse one or more note sections on their iPhone. Here's how to make collapsible sections in Notes, so you can see all sections of your note without endless scrolling.

Why You'll Love This Tip

Keep your notes tidy and organized with iPhone Notes' collapsible sections.
Collapse sections to view all headings in your note at a glance.
Make long, complicated notes more manageable and easily navigable.

How to Organize iPhone Notes with Collapsible Sections

System Requirements

This tip was performed on an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 27. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

Can you make collapsible sections in Apple Notes? You can! With the Apple Notes collapsible sections feature, you can collapse the contents of sections into subheadings, subheadings into headings, and the entire note into the title. Be sure to check out our free Tip of the Day for more great Apple Notes App tutorials. iPhone Notes collapsible sections are a great way to organize iPhone notes, so let's get started learning how to create collapsible sections in Notes.

Open the Notes app.
Tap the new note icon at the bottom-right corner of your screen.
Add a title to your note, tap return, and then tap the Aa icon.
Tap Heading or Subheading.
Tap the X to close the Format menu and add your headings. You should also add regular text under your headings now.
Once you've added your headings, tap one.
Tap the caret to collapse the section. You'll need to have added items under your heading for the caret to appear.
To uncollapse a section, tap the caret again.

Tap at the end of the header or subheader to reveal the caret again, then tap the caret to show the contents of that section. Headings won't collapse into each other, but subheadings will collapse into their heading. If you have more than one title in your note, everything will collapse into the first title. Now you know how to make collapsible sections in Notes. The Notes app collapsible sections are super useful for keeping your notes organized!