In OneNote the Search bar has moved, How do I put it back to where it was?

Anonymous
2025-05-22T20:51:54+00:00

Version 2504 Build 16.0.18730.20122 on Windows 11.

I have been using OneNote for years, all of a sudden when I opened it up today, the Search bar has moved from its correct place on top of the pages list on the side, to now being in the upper right corner of the actual notes main page.

When I type in a search, the list of pages where the search term shows up now covers up half of the notes field, meaning you can't read half of the page to see if the search result is actually what you are looking for or not, making the entire search function pretty much useless.

How can I move the search box, and more importantly, the list of pages that contain the search result, so that it no longer covers up the actual notes page that I need to read?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | Other | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-07-13T17:56:40+00:00

    J.C._PM - you are so right! We need to keep this thread alive until an actual human, with access to the powers that be, reads it and does something. It was even difficult to get Microsoft support when working for a Microsoft Partner. I'm in on getting this issue fixed for the long haul.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-04T16:52:24+00:00

    @microsoft

    can you PLEASE stop making changes?

    you just keep making the product worse and worse and worse.

    Making changes is cool. Bug fixes are oldschool 😣

    The same zeitgeist symptoms as with Open Source.

    Bernd

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-04T13:57:36+00:00

    @microsoft

    can you PLEASE stop making changes?

    you just keep making the product worse and worse and worse.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-04T12:58:09+00:00

    I am another frustrated user, wasting time trying to sort out a problem, which turns out to be a Microsoft "fix".

    I have also messaged MS.

    Thanks for the above commentators who have prevented me wasting more time on this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-30T17:09:26+00:00

    F MS! F MS!

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