How to Delete a Notebook in OneNote for Windows 10

OneNote is a powerful note-taking tool that can be used to manage your tasks, do some research, and so on. In previous posts, we discussed how to insert images into OneNote and how to fix OneNote opening files in read-only mode. Today we are going to share with you how to delete a notebook in OneNote.

How to Delete a Notebook in OneNote From File Explorer

When you want to delete OneNote notebooks from your local computer, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. Press Windows + E key combinations on your keyboard to open File Explorer.

Step 2. Navigate to this location: C:\Users\username\Documents\OneNote Notebooks (Remember to replace the username with the actual Windows username). Your OneNote notebooks are stored in this location by default.

Step 3. Right-click the unwanted notebook and click Delete to move them from your computer. You can also make use of the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple files and then click Delete to delete them. Or you can press the Ctrl + A keyboard shortcuts to select all notebooks and delete them all.

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Sometimes you may lose your OneNote notebooks for various reasons. For example, when you try to select and delete multiple unwanted notebooks, the selected files are unhighlighted. In such situations, you may delete important OneNote notebooks by mistake.

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How to Delete a Notebook in OneNote From OneDrive

Deleting OneNote notebooks on your local computer does not affect the files on your OneDrive. To delete OneNote notebooks permanently, you can log in to your OneDrive account and delete them from OneDrive. Here you can see the detailed steps.

Step 1. Go to the OneDrive log-in page and sign into your OneDrive account.

Step 2. In the My Files section, click the folder of Documents. Here you can see your OneNote notebooks.

Step 3. Select the unwanted notebooks and then click the Delete button from the function tab above as shown in the picture below.

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How to Delete a Shared Notebook in OneNote

When you want to delete the OneNote notebook shared with others, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. In OneNote, right-click the target notebook that needs to be deleted and click Close This Notebook.

Step 2. Navigate to the location where the shared notebook is stored and select the folder to delete it.

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Wrapping Things Up

Now you already know how to delete a notebook in OneNote, including how to delete it in File Explorer or OneDrive, and how to delete a shared OneNote notebook. Also, this article introduces powerful data recovery software – MiniTool Power Data Recovery to help you recover deleted files.

Hope this post is helpful to you. If you have any questions about using MiniTool data recovery software, do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected].