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OneNote vs. OneNote for Windows 10
Hey Bola_Soneye, are you seeing this? People are begging for ways to turn off the notifications to switch to OneNote on Windows. Don't you think this might be a sign that discontinuing OneNote for Windows 10 is a mistake?
MicrosoftThanks for reaching out and sharing your perspective. I understand the attachment many users have to OneNote for Windows 10. The decision to retire it wasn’t taken lightly, it’s about reducing confusion between two Windows apps and focusing all our efforts on making OneNote on Windows (the Microsoft 365 version) the best it can be.
By consolidating, we can invest more deeply in improvements that matter to you and the community. For example, we’re actively working on features like colored page list emojis for full parity, evaluating the Recents feature, and exploring additional updates to bridge the gaps users have raised.
Our goal is to take what people loved about OneNote for Windows 10 and bring it into a single app, so you don’t just keep what you had, but gain even more.
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your goals. However, please note my comment elsewhere in this topic on why the harmonized version of OneNote is not suitable for my needs. I neither require nor need realtime synchronization for my Office 365 apps. Simple cloud access in order to share between my PC and mobile device is all I require. I neither need nor require background apps like 'Resume' to provide realtime synchronization. I prefer to minimize the number of background, 'always on' processes running on my Windows 11 machine. This includes having a OneNote instance just waiting for me to make a 'quick' note. I neither need nor require supposed AI components like Copilot waiting in the wings to 'assist' me.
By all means, pursue your aspirations of making the best products you can but please allow the supposed enhancements to be optionally enabled, at the discretion of the end user.