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
    2025-06-19T21:02:33+00:00

    Hello

    I do not like this change.

    It is unnecessary. It worked fine just where it was before.

    Please FIX IT.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-20T11:09:53+00:00

    This simply does not work - do better!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-20T14:17:06+00:00

    Agree with the comments. Move the search bar back please. New search bar location is terrible. Use OneNote every day and the new layout is really annoying. Thanks

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-23T12:10:54+00:00

    Sigh, it ain't broke... then they go break it with an unnecessary fix. Now I have a search bar on the top above the menu tabs... and one in the midst of my actual notes obscuring my notes 😒... please make it make sense 🤦🏻‍♀️

    I reached out to them since it first appeared and to date no response. Sometimes I feel like someone at Microsoft hates it when people actually enjoy using a product... so they deliberately mess it up. Why? Who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️

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