It’s prone to disruptive bugs, including some that cause your notes to seemingly disappear.

Here’s what to do if you hit this issue.

Finding your missing pages in OneNote might be as simple as swapping accounts.

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On the mobile app, the profile icon is located in the top left of the home page.

Clicking the profile icon will open a list containing the email addresses currently linked to your OneNote account.

From there, it’s possible for you to select where you want to restore the deleted page.

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OneNote will also hide notebooks that have been “closed.”

To reopen a closed notebook, start by opening the “File” tab.

This issue is more common on the desktop versions of OneNote than on the mobile app.

The Notebook Recycle Bin in OneNote

you might fix these display issues or other bugs in the OneNote apps themselves.

If you use OneNote on Windows,open your gear’s parameters appand select “Apps.”

Scroll down through the “Apps & Features” list until you find the Microsoft OneNote program.

“Move or Copy” option in OneNote

Select “Modify” and choose “Quick Repair.”

Alternatively, it’s possible for you to uninstall OneNote from your equipment, then re-download the app.

This will completely refresh the app and repair any lingering issues that are preventing OneNote from functioning correctly.

The File tab in OneNote

If this happens, an exclamation mark icon will appear next to the affected notebooks.

This will open a menu with three options at the top right of the screen.

On rare occasions, OneNote has experiencedserver outages and other widespread issuesthat prevent users from accessing their notes.

Open notebooks function in OneNote

Fortunately, thebrowser version of OneNoteallows you to use your notebooks as long as the servers are still active.

While the servers are under maintenance, you won’t be able to sync with other versions of OneNote.

Any changes you make on one rig won’t appear on the others until the server issues are resolved.

OneDrive in the Windows 10 App Settings menu.

But this temporary solution is useful if you need immediate access to OneNote.

The manual sync function in OneNote.

The Sync button on OneNote mobile.