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 ?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For business | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-10T14:48:51+00:00

    Please put the Search Notebooks box back to where it was. It's terrible in this new location.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-15T16:59:59+00:00

    Hello, this is an intentional change we made to free up space in the Navigation:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft\_365blog/more-room-for-your-notes-in-onenote/4411729

    I apologize for the side effect this has caused. Please use Help --> Feedback and send us feedback. As replied in the post above, we are listening to feedback and evaluating how to improve the design.

    Is your page or keyboard using a right-to-left language such as Arabic or Hebrew? Typically in English the page title should be on the left, with the search box on the right out of the way. We're trying to understand the scenarios causing the most inconvienience.

    If we weren't given the opportunity to provide feedback on the original change, why do we need to submit feedback to get the change reverted? It's clear from this thread that it was unnecessary and unwanted. Many organizations do not allow their users to submit in-app feedback, so even the feedback you're receiving is likely underreporting how much people dislike it. Just revert the change and be done with it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-17T13:53:38+00:00

    This is change affects the WORKFLOW in a PRODUCTIVITY APP.
    C'mon Microsoft, use you're noggin! This is BAD.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-20T18:33:28+00:00

    BS solution!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-20T22:43:32+00:00

    Please reverse this change. Pressing Ctrl + F brings up the box and moves the cursor to the box well. Having an existing function superimposed over the user's data, especially with no option to move or turn off the search box, is very frustrating.

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