Microsoft is a little cheeky in promoting OneNote as part of what you get with Office when it’s available to anyone for nix.
It’s the same program that’s distributed with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office for Windows. OneNote is free for all comers, purchase of Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Office isn’t required. The ongoing “OneNote app on Windows” has more features and ongoing support. The OneNote app on Windows is now available from the Microsoft Store – link. If you have that direct link, the older OneNote app is still on the Microsoft Store.īefore you use that download … that app isn’t updated and will lose support in a few years … OneNote app on Windows – get it from Microsoft Store Strictly speaking, the OneNote UWP app hasn’t been removed from the MS Store, it’s just been hidden from searches. If you need to install/reinstall the older Windows app, it’s still available as a download from here. OneNote app for Windows 10 – still available Since the UWP app is being gradually phased out, this move isn’t surprising at all. The small change, just announced, is that “OneNote for Windows 10” isn’t available from the Microsoft Store if you search for it. OneNote for Windows 10 – not on Microsoft Store Two apps with the same “OneNote” title in the Microsoft Store. No way for people to easily tell the two apart. Both OneNote apps are available with the heading “OneNote”. Microsoft adds to the confusion in their own Microsoft Store. See Quickly see which OneNote app you have on Windows. Still confused? Don’t blame yourself, it’s a problem of Microsoft’s own making and even Microsoft staff get the two muddled up. UWP apps were going to be Microsoft’s replacement for all traditional Windows programs but it didn’t work out that way.Despite the name, also works on Windows 11.No new features and support only until October 2025. “OneNote for Windows 10” a Universal Windows Platform app.It has all the new and future features plus ongoing support for security and bug fixes.This is the program that’s continuing development.
To quickly recap for sensible people who haven’t been keeping track of the OneNote twists and turns … It’s part of the planned obsolescence of one OneNote app and the focus on a single Windows program for OneNote.ĭespite this change, there’s still plenty of Microsoft created confusion around OneNote apps. The lesser of the two Windows OneNote programs has been dropped from the Microsoft Store.
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