Delete OneNote Template? Template Manager?

Anonymous
2015-07-28T21:38:03+00:00

I created a template in OneNote 2013 and named it incorrectly.  I would like to delete it from the list in My Templates, as I don't want to accidentally select it for use later.  How can I delete it?  It's been a while since I used OneNote (several years ago), but I seem to remember a Template Manager of sorts.  Is that still available in ON2013?  If so, how do I get to it?

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Anonymous
2016-11-11T21:53:10+00:00

Hi everyone,

Following up on this issue --

A fix was released with update 16.0.7466.2038 for OneNote 2016 on Nov 11 to resolve this matter. To download the update right away, open any Office app and click File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

After you install the update, you should be running version 1610 (build 7466.2038). Please let us know if the Delete button is enabled again. We look forward to your confirmation on this thread.

Thank you for your patience,

Noyonima

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Anonymous
2015-07-28T21:51:33+00:00

For anyone interested...  I figured out a way to delete my template.  Using my nifty Surface Pro 3 pen, I selected the template in question (under My Templates drop down) and a menu appeared that allowed me to select "delete". 

Random button-pushing sometimes pans out....

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-05T12:59:12+00:00

    I have Windows 10 & Microsoft 365 ProPlus and had to do some additional modifications:

    For those of you who can't find your AppData file, search for "folders" in the windows home box, then go to "Show hidden files and folders" and  then select "Show hidden files, folders & drives". This will make the AppData folder appear.

    For me, I didn't have a mytemplates.one file which showed my individual templates, instead I had to delete the "My Templates" file and then go back in and delete the recycling bin that deleting it created. This deletes all of your templates, so then I had to go back into One Note and re-saved the templates I wanted.

    I called Microsoft and spoke to 5 people over an hour and a half and literally no one knew how to fix this. Then I chatted with one of their help people online who was able to show me how to get the AppData to show up.

    Hope this saves someone time. Microsoft really needs to fix this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-11T08:47:07+00:00

    If you are using OneNote 2016 and not the surface pen.  Right clicking the template in the templates list brings up a context menu that has delete as an option :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-11T02:49:13+00:00

    Girish,

    I am running OneNote 2016 on one Windows 7 machine and also on a Windows 10 machine.  On neither can I delete unwanted page templates.  The delete option is always grey. None of the solutions provided help me either find or delete these templates. There is no such folder as My Templates.one.   And there are no folders or files in C:\Users%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates which contain templates for OneNote.

    Still need help with this one.

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