How can I prevent OneNote 2013 from constantly respawning the "Quick Notes" section?
One solution I found is running a script that deletes the Quick Notes.one
file in %userprofile%\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\My Notebook
periodically. It doesn't appear that there is an option to disable it being recreated.
Another option comes from one of the replies in this thread on the Microsoft forums:
I had to look back at how I did this on my OneNote. Open OneNote. Go to File, then select Options. Choose Save & Backup on the left of the window that opens. At the top of this window there should be a Save section and you will see Quick Notes Section, Backup Folder and Default Notebook Location and the location.
Change Quick Notes Section to another existing section in your OneNote. I made Quick Notes section refer to my Daily notes section that I type daily notes into and a Quick Notes section tab never appears on it's own anymore. Hope this helps.
In the upper left corner, click on File
On the left side, click on Options
In the OneNote Options window, on the left side, click on Save & Backup
At the top of the of the window is a Save section, double-click on the Quick Notes Section option
In the Select Location in the OneNote window, select one random name you already have
Click on OK
Delete the Quick Notes tab if you haven't already
Worked for me.
- Within your
My Notebook
, create a new notebook (I called mine “Dummy Notebook”).- Click on the
My Notebook
, then selectAdd Notebook
- Name your notebook
- Click on the
- In the upper left corner, click on
FILE
- On the left side, click on
Options
- In the
OneNote Options
window, on the left side, click onSave & Backup
- At the top of the of the window is a
Save
section, double-click on theQuick Notes Section
option - In the
Select Location in OneNote
window, select the new NoteBook name you created (step 1) and click onSelect
- Click on
OK
- Exit the
Options
section - Exit
OneNote
- Delete the
OneNote
file you’ve just created via File Manager:- select
My Computer
- Delete the directory in
%userprofile%/OneNote Notebooks/newname
- select
That worked for me. Good luck.