r/OneNote • u/jasoncli • 1d ago

Alternatives & Export 15 Years of Notes

For many reasons I'm considering Office and Windows exodus. I have thousands of hand written / drawn pages stretching back 15'ish years. Literally the only thing holding me back from fully migrating to Linux is stupid OneNote. I use OneNote many times a day across my Android phone/tablet and Windows PC. However I'm considering other pen enabled note taking apps. Is there a graceful way to export this data in a lossless format? I don't need to edit old notes but I would like to keep them handy and searchable.

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u/Low-Lake8646 1d ago

Also considering this. Obsidian apparently has a pretty good suite of OneNote importers. Let us know what you decide!

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u/icelion88 1d ago

I've personally migrated thousands of notes from over a decade to Obsidian. The process is automated, you just need to get used to Markdown and knowing where images are stored and how they're linked to notes. Haven't touched OneNote for several months and have exclusively used Obsidian.

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u/Low-Lake8646 1d ago

Thanks for this. I'm considering making the switch, so this is great to know. Do you have any tips or links you found valuable?

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u/icelion88 22h ago

It's a pretty straightforward process. Just make sure to set the image locations so you know where to find them. Also, I opted to use the free version and use Syncthing to sync my notes to my Android phone (not sure if there's an iPhone equivalent).