One Note and "Open Sections"

Question

I have been working with support for the last few dahys tring to get a notebook to syn. There were a lot of delted pages in one Drive that we could not get to permently delete. We have that corrected but once the notebook started syncing a section called "Open Sections" appeared that I have never seen before. The section contains a lot of pages that look like they are some of the deleted pages. Unsure whether it is safe to delete them. Can anyone tell me where the file come from that are dumped into this Open Section?

Answer 1

Hello

I’m Adeyemi and I’d be happy to help you with your question.

The "Open Sections" in OneNote are single, orphaned sections that are .one files outside a notebook in OneNote. They appear in "Open Sections" and normally disappear after closing OneNote³. If they are not editable, it might be because they are from a OneNote version older than 2010. If you let your mouse hover over the section tab, you'll see where it is stored.

If the pages in the "Open Sections" look like the deleted pages, it's possible that these are the pages that were not permanently deleted. It should be safe to delete them if you're sure you don't need them anymore. However, I would recommend making a backup of these pages before deleting them, just in case you need to restore them later.

I hope this helps.

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Answer 2

You are welcome.

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Answer 3

Thank you so much, I was absolutely make sure they are deleted pages before I permenently delete them. I did as you suggested and they are froma backup of the onenote recycle bin. So I feel confident now to delete them. again, thank you for the the explanation.

Blessings,

Darrine