Delete OneNote Template? Template Manager?

Question

I created a template in OneNote 2013 and named it incorrectly.  I would like to delete it from the list in My Templates, as I don't want to accidentally select it for use later.  How can I delete it?  It's been a while since I used OneNote (several years ago), but I seem to remember a Template Manager of sorts.  Is that still available in ON2013?  If so, how do I get to it?

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Answer 1

Hi everyone,

Following up on this issue --

A fix was released with update 16.0.7466.2038 for OneNote 2016 on Nov 11 to resolve this matter. To download the update right away, open any Office app and click File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

After you install the update, you should be running version 1610 (build 7466.2038). Please let us know if the Delete button is enabled again. We look forward to your confirmation on this thread.

Thank you for your patience,

Noyonima

Answer 2

For anyone interested...  I figured out a way to delete my template.  Using my nifty Surface Pro 3 pen, I selected the template in question (under My Templates drop down) and a menu appeared that allowed me to select "delete". 

Random button-pushing sometimes pans out....

Answer 3

[SOLUTION INCLUDED]

Hi

Like others on here Delete is now greyed out as in not enabled. This wasn't an issue in past versions and despite clearing cache, restarting and repairing it is still grey. This happened after I deleted a template the standard way only for all remaining templates to be read only. This is definitely a OneNote 2016 issue and I really don't want to have to reinstall all of office for this.

Unbelievable there isn't even COM access to templates and the add on support for OneNote is none-existent.

Solution

• Go to C:\Users%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
• Open My Templates.one
• Delete the pages you don't need, as a result those templates will be removed from My Templates expander.

Answer 4

[SOLUTION INCLUDED]

Hi

Like others on here Delete is now greyed out as in not enabled. This wasn't an issue in past versions and despite clearing cache, restarting and repairing it is still grey. This happened after I deleted a template the standard way only for all remaining templates to be read only. This is definitely a OneNote 2016 issue and I really don't want to have to reinstall all of office for this.

Unbelievable there isn't even COM access to templates and the add on support for OneNote is none-existent.

Solution

• Go to C:\Users%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
• Open My Templates.one
• Delete the pages you don't need, as a result those templates will be removed from My Templates expander.

This was confusing at first - it creates a new NOTEBOOK "My Templates" in OneNote 2016 from which you can then delete or change template names. The other methods stated did not work for me.

Answer 5

Hello,

Glad to know that you were able to fix the issue and thank you for posting the suggestions that have helped you as well. I am sure it would help others with the same issue.

If you have any future issues, please get back to us and we will be happy to help you.

Thank you.