Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking software designed for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.
It can help you take meeting minutes, track to-dos, and more.
However, OneNote files are sometimes lost.
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Because it looks like a bunch of my OneNote Notebooks has disappeared for good.
It happened after I uninstalled and reinstalled the app on my laptop.
Now in that same section, I can see the Internet shortcuts of the other notebooks.

But when I give a shot to open them, it says there is nothing to preview.
And it looks like their data has been deleted on my laptop locally.
This post explains how to stop Windows 10 from deleting files automatically and recover deleted data.

Way 1.
Here you’re free to see how to recover deleted pages in OneNote from the Notebook Recycle Bin.
Step 1. launch the corresponding notebook in OneNote.
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ClickHistory>Notebook Recycle Bin.
Find the page or section you want to move out from the Recycle Bin.
Then right-click it to selectMove or copy.

Select a target notebook to store the recovered notes.
Way 2.
Here you’re free to download it and try it out.

Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery to get its main interface.
Under theLogical Drivestab, choose the drive where your OneNote files are stored and clickScan.
After scanning, to quickly find the desired files, you’re able to make use of theFilterorSearchfeature.

Preview and select all wanted files.
With MiniTool Power Data Recovery, I successfully got my deleted OneNote files back.
This post shows you several useful methods to get deleted or lost Sticky Notes back.

Way 3. you’re free to recover lost OneNote files from the local backup by following the steps below.
In OneNote, clickFile>Open Backups.
Way 4.
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Go to theOneDrive sign-in pageand jump in to the same Microsoft account as OneNote.
Now you could copy or move the found files to anywhere you want.
This article tells you some useful tips to fix this issue.

Here you might see two helpful tips.
Here aprofessional file backup tool MiniTool ShadowMaker is recommended for you.
The most recommended way is to use MiniTool Power Data Recovery.


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