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
    2025-06-12T09:31:08+00:00

    Please put the search bar back, new location is very annoying, or at least make it an option.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T07:16:49+00:00

    "the Search bar has moved from its correct place on top of the pages list on the side"

    This is exactly correct there's is no justification for moving the search bar from its correct place, there's no benefit at all.

    The additional search at the top doesn't even work its a mess.

    Microsoft continues to revert their progress they made several years ago when they started to actual improve UI's

    No it seems they are just fiddling with things out of Bodrum and no oversight.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-12T03:02:31+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-10T16:24:41+00:00

    Thanks for suggesting this but it doesn't work for me. I need the other tools.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-10T16:03:36+00:00

    That's because that is NOT a fix for the issue, the only entire "Work Around" is a long winded way of saying "switch from normal view to full screen view" and that's it! Nothing else beyond that. Just telling us to change the view to one that is designed to be used like a digital notepad with a stylus pen for tablet computers. There has yet to be any actual fix for people using OneNote to type notes on a desktop (the majority of the way it is used) to fix the problem Microsoft created when you moved the search. The only actual fix is for Microsoft to roll back the last update, and to NEVER do it again.

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