I have updated the Notes app on my Samsung A40 mobile (The orange logo) and wish I hadn’t. Before I could just change my note and press Save. Now I change my note, press three dots on right, press Save as File, press Samsung Notes file, then press Save. What a palaver. But it doesn’t delete my previous notes, even when it says the old Notes are in the Recycle Bin, they are still in the list and I now have loads of old Notes I can’t get rid of. Help !! Sorry I am not very technical, maybe I am saving wrongly, can’t describe any better than that ......
My Notes app isn't orange, so not sure it works the same way, but mine autosaves notes, if i press back or closer the app, it is there when I open it. My recycle bin is in the menu on the left - 3 lines
I seem to recall with the last update one needed to also download some enhancement to it in order to access existing notes. (Darned cheek I thought, upversioning it to a level where it didn't already have that functionality in order to remain compatible). I had a pop-up message saying so. Maybe that's your issue. Try checking at the Samsung store ?