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
    2015-12-29T07:26:41+00:00

    Add another to the "delete is grayed out" list. I'm lucky I'm just starting because I had to wipe out OneNote and start over to get rid of the templates I created while testing. Now I just don't create templates because they seem to be permanent. It's too bad even MS doesn't know how to get rid of the things. Why did they create the "feature" if it can't be managed properly?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T06:52:10+00:00

    I, too, am having the same problem the others are describing -- I am trying to delete a template in OneNote 2016 from the list in My Templates, and the "Delete" option is greyed out.

    Is there no way to delete or rename templates that one has created in OneNote 2016??

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-23T20:17:29+00:00

    Chalk up another person with the delete option on My Templates pages being "grayed out".  How many similar error messages before someone reponses with the answer?

    I am replying this on to you as your reply sounded like you were possibly with Microsoft or a OneNote forum leader.

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