diff --git a/src/components/Directory/NotesDirectory.jsx b/src/components/Directory/NotesDirectory.jsx
index fab739ee..67c1e239 100644
--- a/src/components/Directory/NotesDirectory.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Directory/NotesDirectory.jsx
@@ -128,42 +128,40 @@ const NotesDirectory = ({
           <div className="col d-flex justify-content-end gap-2 pe-0">
             {" "}
             <div className="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between">
-             
-                <label
-                  className="switch switch-primary"
+
+              <label
+                className="switch switch-primary"
                   style={{
                     fontSize: "15px",
                   }}
-                >
-                  <input
-                    type="checkbox"
-                    className="switch-input"
-                    onChange={() => handleSwitch(!IsActive)}
-                    checked={IsActive}
-                    style={{
-                    transform: "scale(0.8)", // smaller toggle
-                    }}
-                  />
-                  <span
-                    className="switch-toggle-slider"
+              >
+                <input
+                  type="checkbox"
+                  className="switch-input"
+                  onChange={handleSwitch}
+                  checked={!IsActive}  // ✅ invert binding
+                  style={{ transform: "scale(0.8)" }}
+                />
+                <span
+                  className="switch-toggle-slider"
                     style={{
                     width: "30px",    // narrower slider
                     height: "15px",   // shorter slider
                     }}
-                  >
-                    <span className="switch-on"></span>
-                    <span className="switch-off"></span>
-                  </span>
-                  <span
-                    className="switch-label"
+                >
+                  <span className="switch-on"></span>
+                  <span className="switch-off"></span>
+                </span>
+                <span
+                  className="switch-label"
                     style={{
                     fontSize: "14px", // smaller label text
                     marginLeft: "-14px"
                     }}
-                  >
-                    Include Deleted Notes
-                  </span>
-                </label>
+                >
+                  Include Deleted Notes
+                </span>
+              </label>
 
               {!showEditor && (
                 <div className="d-flex justify-content-end">
@@ -225,23 +223,23 @@ const NotesDirectory = ({
         )}
         {!isLoading && notesToDisplay.length > 0
           ? notesToDisplay
-              .slice()
-              .reverse()
-              .map((noteItem) => (
-                <NoteCardDirectory
-                  refetchProfile={refetchProfile}
-                  refetchNotes={refetch}
-                  refetchContact={refetch}
-                  noteItem={noteItem}
-                  contactId={contactProfile?.id}
-                  setProfileContact={setProfileContact}
-                  key={noteItem.id}
-                />
-              ))
+            .slice()
+            .reverse()
+            .map((noteItem) => (
+              <NoteCardDirectory
+                refetchProfile={refetchProfile}
+                refetchNotes={refetch}
+                refetchContact={refetch}
+                noteItem={noteItem}
+                contactId={contactProfile?.id}
+                setProfileContact={setProfileContact}
+                key={noteItem.id}
+              />
+            ))
           : !isLoading &&
           !showEditor && (
-              <div className="text-center mt-5">{noNotesMessage}</div>
-            )}
+            <div className="text-center mt-5">{noNotesMessage}</div>
+          )}
       </div>
     </div>
   );