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
    2025-07-01T18:58:06+00:00

    Done. I'm also going to ping on Bluesky and Facebook.

    I'm close enough to Redmond, WA that I may even need to go to the headquarters to see if I can talk to someone face-to-face if this goes on for much longer. I avoid talking to people F2F whenever possible, but this is going on too long with no proper response.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-07-01T18:06:37+00:00

    It looks like some of us (including myself) did that previously. I never received a response. :(

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-07-01T17:19:32+00:00

    Hi, I didn't see MS chiming in to offer solutions after that first one didn't work so I found out that we can submit Feedback in OneNote - for me it is under the Help menu (at top of screen), there is a Feedback option/icon where I was able to click the "Report a problem" button ( found on the left side middle purple button), (or you could "Make a suggestion"). If many of us do this, perhaps they will fix it sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed!!! Screen shot of where I was able to submit feedback to MS:

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-07-01T17:04:06+00:00

    Anyone have direct access to Microsoft? I'll sign a petition to have this problem fixed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-27T18:13:38+00:00

    This is what my screen looks like.

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