Previously, my primary app for taking notes was Evernote. The outcome: you’ve now exported and imported your personal OneNote notebook, and can now manage your personal and work notebooks from your work’s OneNote app.Ĭlick here to follow the steps in my YouTube video tutorial. Step 4: Select “Browse” and navigate to the work sync folder path.Step 3: Browse to the location where you want to store the notebook file, enter the notebook name and select a colour code.Step 1: Locate and open the folder with the notebook backup file.Steps to import your personal backup Notebook to your work’s OneNote app: Step 5: Name your file, and save it to your desired location.Step 4: Under select format, select “OneNote Package” and then click “Export”.Step 3: Under export current, select “Notebook”.Steps to export your personal notebook via OneNote app:

Sure enough, I found the solution and it was simple I exported and imported my OneNote notebook backup from my personal account to my work account. So, it should NOT be difficult to achieve this task. It’s 2022, Microsoft is always updating and releasing great new features.

I pondered, “Why can’t I do a simple export and import?” Typing it all over again or copying and pasting was not an option! After a quick Internet search, I got some complicated steps that I didn’t want to take. A section group works the same way as hard drive folders it allows you to keep the information together. I had multiple notes saved from over 20 meetings with multiple section groups. I started a new job, and for about two weeks, I didn’t realize that I was using my personal Microsoft credentials instead of my new Microsoft work credentials to take notes in OneNote.

Import onenote to evernote