OneNote Windows app doesn't find my notebooks

Mike Ayers 20 Reputation points
2024-02-09T04:30:30.2766667+00:00

I've installed the latest OneNote. It installed Microsoft 365, which I already had installed, but that's a different question, I mention it only because it may be a symptom. When I start it up, it only has the default "My Notebook" with none of my data. I signed out and back in, but that didn't help. I cannot find a notebook selection option. Any idea what's going on here?

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  1. Emi Zhang-MSFT 21,856 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-02-09T07:53:36.9833333+00:00

    Hi,

    Where did you save the Notebooks? In local or OneDrive?

    OneNote app and OneNote for Windows are not saved in the same location.

    For OneNote app: C:<User Name\Documents\OneNote Notebooks

    For OneNote for Windows: C:\U<User Name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote[version]\Notebooks

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