I am trying to delete a OneNote Notebook. I cannot seem to achieve it.

Anonymous
2023-03-27T13:35:35+00:00

I have OneNote for Windows 10. Over the course of its life it is getting filled with Notebooks that I do not require. How can I delete them?

I am told: "To delete a OneNote notebook, do the following: Go to your OneDrive account and navigate to the notebook that you want to delete (it's likely stored in Files > Documents). Right-click the name of the notebook, and then select Delete."

This doesn't work because OneDrive is empty.

Alternatively I am told: "In File Explorer, navigate to your Documents (or My Documents) folder, and then double-click OneNote Notebooks."

This doesn't work because the OneNote folder in my Documents is empty.

I am out of options.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-04-21T23:02:53+00:00

    Thank you!! After wasting 45+ minutes trying to either rename or delete a notebook, THIS worked. Microsoft, man, you need to get your sh!7 together; a simple function should indeed be simple, not this convoluted. I was seriously tempted to delete the app and find a different note-taking app - the time it takes to perform basic functions renders the app inefficient. Jury’s still out for now….

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-16T17:47:55+00:00

    My issue is #2.

    The notebook appears under File > Open > Recent > Notebooks under a 'Pinned' Label.
    Clicking the Unpin icon removes the notebook from the list momentarily and then replaces it.
    Right click > Remove from list does the same.

    Right click > Open file location takes me to https://d.docs.live.net/95aa165fbc552b27/%5e.Documents/Camping ('camping' is the name of notebook in this case) - which it then tells me doesn't exist in onedrive's web portal.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-15T21:15:39+00:00

    Yes, these recent explanations assume that OneDrive is the default storage location. 

    This makes sense because the described problem only exists with notebooks on OneDrive......

    Bernd

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-15T18:19:14+00:00

    The problem is that it may have worked on your computer, but not on most other people's PCs. OneNote spans many different versions of Windows, and doesn't work fully with most of them. For example, my Notebooks are not stored in OneDrive, yet these recent explanations assume that OneDrive is the default storage location. Or that MyDocuments may show up as the default storage location, etc. In my case, and in the case of many other people, this obviously isn't the case, otherwise there wouldn't be so many malcontents. We're not entirely dissatisfied with OneNote, which is a great program, we're just unhappy that it doesn't work properly.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-04-15T18:03:02+00:00

    Yea this worked for me

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