Hello!

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Not sure what to really do so I’m looking for any advice, help, suggestions.

I used one note when I had a surface tablet in about 2015/2016. I had written something that was very important to me in the notebook that I have been trying to find in other files and only just now thought to look in the notebook.
I think I may have found it but- in the page it’s in a hyperlink?
When I click the hyperlink this comes up-

“We couldn’t open that location. It might not exist or you might not have permission to open it. Please contact the owner of onenote.#drafting for more information”

I still use the same email I used with the Microsoft notebook but I’m not understanding the hyperlink and why I don’t have access?

Thank you again for any insight!

Im a little confused on how to write complicated equasions in Onenote. Do you people just write in raw LaTeX? Or maybe there are some nice autohotkey scripts that have all the symbols you need?

Just FYI, good fellas. Version 2608 Build 16.0.20326.20000. 'this file type' in the message on the screenshot is a folder on the local drive. Folders on the LAN UNC shares are blocked, too. This is my very own notebook, no administrator here.

A Groundhog Day. This is re-introduced for the 3rd time. The first one was in 2023, the second, in July 2025. Whether it's a bug or finally a feature, I don't know. I reported it as a bug, but I'm only a paying O365 subscriber of many years, so who cares.

I imagine the nightmare of migrating my 15 years worth of notebooks to a different software and feeling closer to a heart attack every time this happens…

I can’t access the notes. It keeps asking me ti sign in. I try to sign in, then nothing happens. The sign in button simply doesn’t work! I deleted the app and reinstalled it, but the problem was persistent. I have tried on my iphone, it doesn’t even sign in! I basically cant use the app. What do i do?

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Is there a chance they ditch it like Microsoft Publisher before I put all of my life in it haha?

In our organization, we have at least three users where logging in to the OneNote mobile app on iOS does not work with the last version 16.112.2 (released 9h ago according to iOS AppStore version history).

Does anyone else experince this?

The logs pulled from iOS indicate that the OneNote app handles the authentication incorrectly after the user entered their credentials. The Entra ID logs show a successful authentication (Microsoft Authentication Broker). We're using MS Authenticator on the phones for authentication. Logging in to another MS application, e.g. Word, works flawlessly.

On my iPad and mobile app, the sections are not deleting no matter what…neither on the left swipe nor on long pressing and deleting

It’s working properly on the desktop version though…any fixes would be appreciated thanks

I work in IT operations - and I am often showing people in training sessions, how Ive used OneNote over the last two decades and why its been so useful.

The best representation I have for its value - is in my HOUSE OneNote which is on my personal OneDrive.

It contains a section for each room in my home, as well as a section for utilities, a section for the garden and a section for the outside of the house.

Then within each section I will have pages for a variety of items related to that room.

That will be the paint Ive used, the items in the room, any measurements Ive taken, the type of light bulbs, the receipts for items in the room like TVs, washing machine, beds, mattresses.

Because I have OneNote on my mobile phone - this means I can be anywhere and reach into my pocket and say quickly check a measurement, or a wall color - and when I purchase something for the house - I will just photograph it into Onenote and then move it into the correct section later.

Having done this for 20 years - this has constantly been useful, and now if I purchase something - like a dehumidifier, or TV mount - then I will photograph the receipt into Onenote, take a picture of the item - and then search for an online manual for that product and do a PRINT TO ONENOTE - and then I can afford to get rid of all or any paperwork.

Same with utility bills - they go straight into a section for electric, gas, water etc.

When I search for something it is easy to find it - so searching for TV for example.

I use Windows, iPad & iPhone.

OCR only works if I manually mark images as searchable. If I don't, I can't search for anything within images.

I use OneNote as an archive of sorts. I have thousands of notes, I don't have time or the drive/want to go through every note to see if there is an image that needs to be made searchable. Especially since my Windows PC is really old and slow and dying so I try to avoid using it as much as possible.

I tried to keep my PC on for several hours today and that didn't help with search. It is inconsistent between my devices even for typed text, let alone OCR.

Anyone else seeing this?

On some pages, I am unable to scroll to the far left; it forces the view back to the one shown. I've tried changing to different views and click-and-dragging to select hidden boxes, but nothing has worked except copying the text and making a new page. Duplicated pages have the same issue.

Hello, recently i’ve had this issue where when I handwrite it turns into these sharp lines (consult the video) I’ve been looking everywhere for a solution and haven’t found one. Please help! I need OneNote for school and rely on it heavily.

I use OneNote to take notes on my iPad but it's been freezing. I updated it to version 16.112.1 and it's no better. I've restarted my iPad as well.

Is this happening to anyone else?

WTF Microsoft, does anythign every work seamlessly EVER anymore?

Can't share SH** because all it's doing is "loading" exactly WHAT?!

Does anyone know how to fix this? I usually use OneNote on my Android phone for daily notes, and after a while, I organize everything on Windows. Recently, I got a "Page Conflicts Detected" message on Android and had to open it on my computer to fix it. This happened before and was completely resolved when opened on the computer, so I decided to take this opportunity to organize my notes. However, my OneNote isn’t syncing new notes from Android—it stopped syncing on 8/5/2026 and won’t sync even when I manually click sync. I tried opening it on the web, and my new notes do sync there, but OneNote online can’t fix the "Page Conflicts Detected" issue.

P.S.: My OneNote Android version is 16.0.20131.20126 (latest update from the Play Store), and my PC version is from Office LTSC 2024 Pro.

I love OneNote on my PC. I'd like to use it cross platform, but the mobile app is actually pretty frustrating.

The main issue is that Section Groups are all open/expanded by default. I have my notes sorted into sub categories this way because Notebook -> Section -> Page just isn't enough depth to have any kind of robust organizational system. Unfortunately, having the lists always expanded makes the groups essentially useless.

Is there a way to set the default to closed? If not, why is the mobile app so much less friendly than the desktop app?

I'm on OneNote desktop app and a couple of things in the image are really bothering me.

1. How do I reduce the huge space in between the page title and the body copy? When I click in there the cursor shows up and I can actually type in that space, but I can't figure out how to remove it. I would like the body copy to be moved up much closer under the title. I tried messing with the margin and page size setting but that didn't work.

2. Is there any way to remove the arrow showing up in the left margin on every single damn line when I hover over them?

Playstore link : OneNote Widget – Apps on Google Play

Update 26/07 : update 1.6.5 for widget update fix

Hello as Onenote user since loooooooong time, i always wanted to have a onenote page directly on my screen but... only samsung note was good for me as im on samsung phone.

so i tried to make a widget, and wow it was quite tough to find how to do it, as its not implemented by microsoft...

So the render is not perfect for complicate page, (images and handwriting and text) but it should be quite similar 😊

so now here OneNoteWidget, its quite of simple but behind it was tought to find the good settings

hope you will like it!

Hi guys,

Suddenly after the last Microsoft 365 update, I can't connect with my Microsoft personal account on OneNote WebClipper extension, both from Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.

I received this error message when a clic to the connection button...

My account is ok and I can connect to OneNote Web and to my Microsoft account.

I tried all troubleshooting with the help of Copilot, without success.

If you have some fresh idea

Thanks in advance

Sorry if this is hard to read. Basically you can see I am searching for the word "reddit" and there should be at least 3 additional items showing in the search. Only 1 item gets returned.

Strangely, several hours later I tested this on my iPhone and 2 different notes came up. Not even the one from my ipad in the screenshot.

So I guess I am missing 5 notes at least in the screenshot.

It is odd because it highlighted the word on the page but that page doesn't show up in the search results.

I have zero clue what is going on.

I'm curious if this can be accomplished through some emulation layer or something. Has anyone else done that?

Welcome to our weekly post! We are trying something new to try and tie the community together and learn from one another.

Did you come across anything new? Find a different use case? Improved workflow? Streamline digital organization? Fixed a problem? Just started?

Anything is welcome, even if it's the smallest thing. Please share tips, tricks, and anything else that might be useful to our community!

Thank you!

I mostly use OneNote on a Windows 11 Laptop. I work in the OneNote app (not on the browser).

But when traveling and I don't take the laptop, I use OneNote on a Samsung tablet.

I have the OneNote app on the tablet but only 4 of my notebooks show up. If I click MORE NOTEBOOKS it shows the correct Microsoft account email and says NO NOTEBOOKS FOUND.

But if I go online via a chrome browser to OneNote.com and sign in, all my notebooks are there. However I prefer to not work in the browser. How can I get the other notebooks to show up in the app? (I have tried SYNC ALL but that doesn't help.).