OneNote "Search Notebooks" field covers the title and won't move

Anonymous
2025-05-15T05:04:16+00:00

In my OneNote the field box for "Search Notebooks" positioned itself over the title of the page and I can't move it.

I tried various Display settings and also reset the cache.

Anyone knows how to solve this ?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-07-16T22:57:07+00:00

    It's not so much testing, as it is not properly asking their customers what they want.

    Why would anyone think that covering up any part of the content area is a good idea? The content area should be for content, and nothing else!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-07-09T21:30:46+00:00

    This change is awful. I use One-Note for all of my work and home projects. The search is in the way of my long titles and it keeps dropping down on me. I provided feedback but really there should be a way to move it back.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-07-09T13:30:39+00:00

    Not practical, wish we could move the search notebooks to above so that it doesn’t block the view. Tries to use the feedback button but didn’t work to send feedback. Merci

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-07-08T14:03:15+00:00

    In agreement with all of the other posts. One-Note "has been" my favorite note taking, workflow tool, for keeping organized. This change is horrendous. Please move it back or find a better place for it.

    I'll be dropping this tool from my daily routine and uninstalling it. Why keep this waste of space on my desktop!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-15T06:45:08+00:00

    Hi DanielUR, 

    Welcome to Microsoft Community. We glad to assist you here. 

    I understand that you are facing with the issue that OneNote "Search Notebooks" field covers the title and you cannot move it anywhere else. To inspecting your issue, could you please provide me your screenshots of One Note's Display setting. Go to One Note > File > Options > Display. Please make sure no personal information is visible on the screenshot. 

    While waiting for further assistance, you can try these workarounds: 

    • Try change to Vertical Tab layout and change back to Horizonal Tab. To change view layout, Go to View > Tabs Layout > Vertical Tabs/Horizonal Tabs

    • Try change your display scaling. In some situation, UI elements misalign due to scaling issues.  Go to Start > Settings > Display > Scale

    • Check for One Note update. In One Note, go to File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

    • Try uninstalling and re-install One Note. To do this, go to Start > Control Panel > Under Programs tab, Click Uninstall a program > Find One Note and uninstall.

    I hope this will help. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

    If you have other questions, feel free to ask. I will try my best to help you

    Sincerely,

    Nam-D - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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