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How to find my One Note files on PC

I have used One Note for many years. My files are no longer in the One Note app on my PC. I want to locate them. I want them in one place, like they are on my iphone.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-09-10T15:47:17.72+00:00
Lisa Boester 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-10T16:22:40.59+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 86,980 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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MS OneNote Sign In - error 44

My previous employer installed their safety protocols/ licenses on my BYO laptop. I no longer work there and am now having issues logging into my account / syncing my MS OneNote because it still thinks I need a corporate license which is no longer…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-09-07T02:24:32.3633333+00:00
Steve C 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-09T00:55:55.91+00:00
Hendrix-V 18,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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To check meaning of a word

Please let the community make me understand as how to check the meaning of a word in One Note. Thanks.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-09-08T00:54:30.0533333+00:00
Franklyne 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-08T01:24:17.82+00:00
Marcin Policht 106.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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how to abort oneNote clean run

micro soft OneNote will not allow me to print, it continues to read OneNote is cleaning files ,how do i stop it its been running for three days

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-09-01T21:12:04.4233333+00:00
willie mangum 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-01T21:53:13.4133333+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 86,980 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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OneNote orphaned/ghost notebook reference

The notebook was deleted years ago and no longer exists in OneDrive. It does not appear in OneNote for the web or Microsoft 365 Search. It appears in OneNote on Windows, Android phone and Android tablet. In OneNote Windows, File → Open → Recent →…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-31T16:26:07+00:00
Julian Hawkins 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-08-31T16:45:21.4733333+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia 7,915 Reputation points
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Text pen now gives alternate suggestions with random characters and symbols in other languages

Across a few Office products, but most noticeably in OneNote, the text pen has stopped giving helpful alternate interpretations which are in my input language (English - Australia) and started giving me seemingly random collections of Unicode characters!…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-26T14:29:15.8133333+00:00
Matt D 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-31T15:33:19.3133333+00:00
Lucus-V 12,535 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneNote not functioning, 'Read-only mode'

"This notebook is in read-only mode because it is broken. A backup has been created. To continue editing, please copy the content into a new notebook and close this one" Why?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-03-10T08:12:30.9466667+00:00
Smita Manilal 30 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-08-31T03:08:44.58+00:00
Francisco Mota 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Not able to sync my desktop onenote notebook with my webpage onenote notebook

Not able to sync my desktop onenote notebook with my webpage onenote notebook

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-26T22:08:24.48+00:00
Malika Kelly 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-28T06:51:12.8066667+00:00
Hendrix-V 18,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Opening Emails posted into a OneNote Page

Suddenly, OneNote won't open email icons posted on a page! What's the setting to fix this?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-15T20:31:53.53+00:00
Rhonnie Tinsley 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-27T06:20:30.03+00:00
Kai-H 26,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneNote sync says “Up to date” on old PC, but notebooks are incomplete on new Windows 11 PC (also cannot export/backup)

Hello, I’m dealing with a critical OneNote sync/data integrity issue across devices. Summary Old PC (Windows 10): OneNote shows no errors and reports “Everything is synced / Up to date”. New PC (Windows 11, latest OneNote from Microsoft Store): the same…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2025-12-26T20:36:38.91+00:00
Florian Ripp 10 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T22:46:43.1133333+00:00
COOLak 1 Reputation point
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How to fix 'Content Not Yet Available' OneNote sync issues?

I previously used OneNote application on my Windows 11 Laptop (app, not browser) and on my iPad using my university email account and faced no issues with syncing across devices. Since I am soon graduating I needed to copy over my university notebook to…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-22T14:21:30.95+00:00
HL-9934 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T08:07:16.01+00:00
Kai-H 26,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneNote email page issue

Whenever I click "Email Page" in OneNote , instead of placing the contents of the page into an email in Outlook to be edited, it instead attaches a .mth file and says "Click the .mht attachment to view the notes as a Web page."…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-20T10:05:07.6766667+00:00
Malvade, Abhijeet 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-24T04:41:19.4566667+00:00
Malvade, Abhijeet 0 Reputation points
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phantom notebook on website onedrive

I had a notebook on classic onedrive that got deleted. the online version still has the notebook but when clicked crashes with this type error message Correlation ID: [Moderator Note: Personal Info Removed]  Date and Time: 8/14/2026 5:39:16 AM

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-14T12:45:41.7466667+00:00
C M 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-21T00:22:14.3866667+00:00
Xavier-D 12,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

One Note Appears to stop me from printing

I am unable to print anything. When I go to print I receive a message that One Note is cleaning from the last time it was used. I have restarted the computer but it doesn't make any difference. [Tag moved from: Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-04-18T14:33:01.88+00:00
RONALD FREEMAN 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-17T06:35:05.6466667+00:00
Norah-L 10,490 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to bypass OneNote printer and make my HP 2540 my default printer

When I attempt to print anything the OneNote 16 printer is my only option. I need to make HP 2540 printer that is installed on my computer my default printer

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-14T18:44:55.9266667+00:00
Mary Pendergrass 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-16T12:31:01.27+00:00
Mary Pendergrass 40 Reputation points
2 answers

One Note is Read only

Hi, How can I change this please? I need to be able to use the pens.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-03-23T19:06:48.48+00:00
Harriette Ashe 10 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-16T00:14:35.5333333+00:00
Eric LaRue 0 Reputation points
2 answers

onenote not resetting after opening laptop several times

When trying to print onenote box comes up goes through its reset and then says if this persists tun off laptop and restart. After several attemps the onenote box is still appearing and i cant print anything

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-05T15:16:23.87+00:00
philip singleton 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-12T05:05:30.5666667+00:00
Xavier-D 12,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I cannot delete one note book.

I cannot delete a one note book. I have gone to onedrive.live webpage and found the book I want to delete. Right click menu only has Open and Share as options; same for the "..." menu. My recycling bin is empty. I have used half of my current…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-09T03:22:34.96+00:00
PM 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-09T19:09:51.5733333+00:00
PM 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to roll back a OneNote notebook

I've moved a section from a OneNote notebook to a new notebook. The target notebook has not received the section, and it has been disappeared from source notebook. All my data is lost. How to roll it back?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-02T20:14:41.57+00:00
pavel a 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-04T23:29:03.75+00:00
Norah-L 10,490 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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One note pages sync error

Hi all I'm facing one note sync errors on selected pages of my notebook. Please get someone senior from Microsoft to reach out and email me asap. This is very urgent. And needs to be resolved ASAP. Thanks .

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2026-08-01T21:57:39.3266667+00:00
Cheryl Chua 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-03T20:06:49.9633333+00:00
Cheryl Chua 0 Reputation points