Import from Ms OneNote

[pmcabinet]

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.4.10

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.4.10 (prod, win32)

Device: win32, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Client ID: e3b037e5a1024a60a92c739bc5c56874
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 48
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -

Revision: 85585d1

Backup: 1.4.3
Freehand Drawing: 3.1.0

Sync target

OneDrive

What issue do you have?

I am new to Joplin and currently using the free OneNote for Windows 10, but I do not have a Microsoft 365 account - just the free Outlook.com email account.
Does that mean I cannot use OneNote Export to Joplin?

[graphit0]

Here’s the official guide for importing OneNote notebooks. And yes, you don’t need any paid accounts, only basic access to your notebooks

Importing and exporting | Joplin

Importing from OneNote

Joplin can also import OneNote notebooks. To do this:

• Visit OneNote Web.

• Right-click the desired notebook and choose Export notebook.

• Follow the instructions to download the backup. It should be a ZIP file.

• Open the desktop application and go to File > Import > ZIP - OneNote Notebook, and select the exported file.

For other guides you may refer to community compiled list

Importing notes from other notebook applications

Importing notes from other notebook applications There is a concise topic for this located in the official documentation but I think a wiki post here will allow for others to add to this document as and when they learn about a new tool or trick for importing. Please edit this wiki post as required (in the top right of this post) to add or change information as you deem necessary. This post does not mean the main document cannot be updated with new info but with the current documentation form…

[hypo]

This does not work for me. When I right-click the desired notebook on OneNote Web, the only option is “open”.

[graphit0]

can you show a screenshot of the page you're at?

please include the context menu from right click if it's possible

[hypo]

voila!

[graphit0]

Please use the link provided in the guide:
this one https://www.onenote.com/notebooks

https://onenote.cloud.microsoft/en-us/notebooks/ in the screenshot has different functionality.

[hypo]

@graphit0

OneNote

Thank you. I cut and pasted your link, but unfortunately it reroutes to https://onenote.cloud.microsoft/ as does the link in the guide, so R-click is still limited to “open”.

[graphit0]

I did login into both pages with my personal account and it doesn't redirect me to the second link.

I'm not sure what's happening here, but can you log out from https://onenote.cloud.microsoft/ and login into https://www.onenote.com/notebooks?

If you by chance, managed to solve the issue, pls post back so we could add your case to the official guide

[graphit0]

also you might try different browser -- i.e. not edge

[hypo]

Thanks, that’s odd. I have signed out of https://onenote.cloud.microsoft/ and signed into OneNote and the R-click remains limited to “Open” as attached.

[hypo]

and the same with firefox

[graphit0]

Just caught similar behavior on one of the windows laptops

Seems that Microsoft tries to prevent people from leaving by pushing them to the dysfunctional page in contradiction to their own official export guides

Anyways, there's this 3rd party add-on capable to export to zip

Export a Notebook for OneNote for Windows 10 as a .zip File - Office OneNote...

I personally haven't tested it so pls post back your experience with it

[hypo]

@graphit0

Export a Notebook for OneNote for Windows 10 as a .zip File - Office OneNote Gem Add-Ins

thanks. i installed the Gem Menu for OneNote UWP as suggested but the program failed to operate when clicked.

[h0llow15480]

GitHub - alxnbl/onenote-md-exporter: ConsoleApp to export OneNote notebooks to Markdown...

Windows only and cannot be UWP. It must be full fledge OneNote.
I used this and it worked fine. Backup your notebooks first in case. Follow instructions carefully.

Microsoft killed exporting Notebooks as zip.

The only downside I didn’t like is it adds a title, time date on all the MD files. But at least you’ll get to export and import into Joplin since it handles MD (markdown). It did also miss some pictures in my OneNote BUT I literally installed windows, onenote, let it sync, then exporter. So it’s not like I had everything prefetched beforehand (as I mainly work off my phone & linux so it is understandable)

I see you don’t have a office365 account but maybe someone you know is willing to share theirs temporarily. I think it’s 5-10 invites that a person can send an invite to that will piggy back their office subscription but allows you to have your own. It will at least give you time to export.

[hypo]

thank you, h0llow! i’ll try that in a few days after some guests have departed. i do have 365. i was only in windows onenote to comply with instructions earlier in thread.

[hypo]

@hypo

h0llow

It worked fine, h0llow, thank you very much for your help!

[h0llow15480]

Awesome! Glad it worked! I felt the struggle too literally a week before I saw the post. I was mad I couldn’t export anything to any sort of simple text and I work in irrigation and easily got hundreds, maybe close to 1000 notes.. it would have been brutal to copy and paste it all

[hypo]

You can say that again! I’m extremely glad (and relieved) for your help, h0llow!