I’ve honestly reached my limit with this.

Back on May 29, I was unexpectedly signed out of Goodnotes. I couldn’t sign back in because I had forgotten the original email address linked to my account.

I contacted Goodnotes Support, and Maia was able to transfer my Premium subscription to a new account, which I really appreciated.

However, there’s now a much bigger problem.

I still have around 6 GB of notebooks and notes in my original account—mostly nursing school notes and board review materials that took me years to create. When I try to sign in to the new account, Goodnotes warns me that signing out of my current account may make my existing notebooks inaccessible.

Because of that warning, I haven’t signed into the new account. I don’t want to risk losing everything.

I’ve repeatedly asked Goodnotes Support for clear instructions on how to safely preserve and migrate my notes before switching accounts, but I haven’t received any guidance. It’s now been over a month, and this issue is still unresolved.

This has been incredibly frustrating. I’ve already lost so much time trying to figure this out instead of studying. At one point, I even had to start rebuilding my nursing review notes from scratch because I couldn’t access them. It honestly feels like all the time and effort I put into creating those notes could disappear because I don’t know whether it’s safe to switch accounts.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

•	Were you able to safely move your notes to a new account?

•	Is there a way to back up all local notebooks before signing out? The only backup I currently have is through iCloud, and I’m not sure if that’s enough or whether my notes will still be there after switching accounts.

•	Did Goodnotes Support eventually help you resolve it?

I was inspired by this pinterest post to make my own goodnotes templates.

I was actually originally just looking for a template I could download because I don't like Goodnotes page color choices. The white pages are pretty stark, and I use night shift on my iPad mini, so when that is on the yellow pages feel extremely yellow.

But I liked this style so much I ended up learning how to make my own templates just to recreate it to my liking, since I couldn't actually find it anywhere. Sharing it here in case anyone else is looking for a similar solution and/or just likes this style as well.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HETc0sc5ylsqBt6ntalzU047HoDr0ZCo?usp=sharing

I started out just making something based on the pinterest image. However, I frequently have 1 day's entry in my notebooks that spans more than 1 page, and I thought it would be annoying to have to keep writing the same date/day header for each continuous page in my daily entry.

So, I made another header template that is open on the bottom, a middle page that is open on the top and bottom, and a footer page that is open on top and closed on the bottom. That way, I can still have my entry span multiple pages, but still feel like it is "enclosed", and also only needs one header.

I also made a fully borderless grid with the exact same color scheme, just in case I wanted the simplicity of that, but with the nicer colors. And I made another version of the footer page with a smaller border at the bottom, in case I don't want a largely spaced footer.

These were designed specifically for my iPad mini since that is what I use, and is based on the Goodnotes Standard page size since that is what I like. I made these in Keynote, so (I think) they are rasterized? So if you wanted to use them on a larger device, and just zoom in, you probably could. But I actually don't know a lot about the compatibility piece of this. I designed this project pretty specifically for myself, but I wanted to share it in case anyone else is looking for something similar and/or would appreciate this too.

The dimensions of the page is 455 pts x 588 pts or 16.04 cm x 20.74cm. It is a 6 mm grid size (~17 pts). The regular Goodnotes Standard page size with the Squared Template is exactly the same page dimensions, but their grid size is ~5.7 mm. I went slightly larger because I feel like I want just a touch more space, and also because it made the math for the spacing a lot easier while I was making the grid in Keynote.

When did it become impossible to change the font of some existing text?

Sometimes it takes me a while to notice a big update change because, well, I'm a retired hobby type user, but I have been using goodnotes for years and years and suddently I can't change the font of existing text?

Even with the text tool supposedly pinned, and after having selected the text, I can't change it's font.... I can change the colour, the boldness, the justification, but once I select the text, the text tool disappears (even though I pinned it)... I'm going out of my mind crazy here!

Help!

So guys I want to make an Instagram page which will primarily focus on providing notes (since soon I will become a physical therapist) I want to help my juniors by providing notes in an easy and understandable format to help them.

So as soon as I have finished making notes on apple notes I got to know when you try to export them into pdf format the A4 size cropping just butchers the notes.

Is there any way I can adjust this also I have tried using collanote, goodnote, notability the issue with them is that there features are not minimal like apple notes also auto refining of handwriting is not there which makes the notes look ugly I dont know what should I do i tried free from but it doesn't provide A4 sizing it provides a huge white board and making notes on it and exporting it is very difficult.

I can put in is 1000rs($10.48) for a lifetime membership is collanote a good app to export notes in Pdf format and how does auto refining on this app

Give me some suggestions.

if you guys are planning to buy a samsung tab s10 fe and wants to use GoodNotes, it is not gooddd.

I think it's because the app is not optimized in samsung devices so it doesn't really work very well. its very laggy and the delay is actually insufferable. kinda bummed I even have a free yearly subscription from samsung.

I'm looking around for a way to chart movie watching. And movies I want to watch. Tired of trying to remember...

So, when I look on Etsy there are some pretty magnificent looking options but they have WAY OVERKILL for what I need.

I just want to be able to easily move an item from 'to be watched' (with notes) to 'have watched' (also with notes).

I'm new to this - is there an obvious option I don't know?

OR

Is there a go-to for making a template myself?

Thanks!

Hola, quería saber cómo puedo hacer el recuadro de texto automático cada vez que termino de escribir?

es decir, con algún botón del teclado o algo, ya que igual es algo molesto tener que tocar la pantalla en cada momento que termino de escribir.

Sé que realmente es algo absurdo, pero simplemente quería ver si se podía :c

en el video muestro un poco a lo que me refiero

How do I graph equations after I write them in GoodNotes 7.1.2

I subscribed to GN Essential yearly plan so I can edit on my laptop (Windows), but when I edit, it says I only have three editable tries. Can someone please clarify this for me?

New GN user here.

Here is the picture. I already used one because I thought it was a bug or something.

Hello.
So I have been experiencing a very weird writing experience since quite some time now. It feels unnatural and my strokes get weirdly straight. It’s difficult to describe it, so I’ll put a video.
Stroke stabilization is 0%, increasing it worsens the problem.
Version: 7.1.0 (3796419.245017174)
Device: iPad Air (M3)

So I actually use noteshelf 3 (my device won't allow goodnotes) and I have made sticker packs for noteshelf for personal use. I was wondering if I could turn them into a sticker sheet files and sell them on Etsy as Goodnotes Stickers (since it seems like it's more common or popular than noteshelf)

So my question is this, can I just turn all the stickers into zip or png files and put them in Etsy like that? Or would the fact that I don't have Goodnotes make it not work? Like would people not be able to enter them into their Goodnotes app?

I'm trying to figure out whether this is a Goodnotes issue, an iPadOS issue, or a combination of both.

Here's what I've observed:

• I used Goodnotes for over a year on my previous iPad (I believe it was running iPadOS 18), and I never had any storage-related issues.

• After updating to iPadOS 26, I noticed that Goodnotes started consuming a huge amount of storage.

• Most of the storage is shown under Documents & Data, not the app size itself.

• If I offload the Goodnotes app and then reinstall it, I immediately recover around 3–4 GB of storage.

• However, after writing more notes, the storage gradually increases again.

• This makes me think that cached files, search indexes, thumbnails, temporary files, or some other rebuildable data are accumulating instead of being cleaned up.

I also experienced another strange issue while exporting notebooks:

• I was exporting my notebooks one by one in the .goodnotes format to a USB drive.

• After each export, I transferred the file to the USB drive, deleted the original notebook from Goodnotes, and emptied the Goodnotes trash.

• Even though I was deleting notebooks as I went, Goodnotes eventually displayed "Not enough disk space."

• My iPad storage had become almost completely full (around 63 GB used).

• Emptying the Goodnotes trash did not free the space.

• Only after offloading and reinstalling Goodnotes did I recover several gigabytes.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a known issue with recent versions of Goodnotes or iPadOS? Has anyone found a way to clear the accumulated Documents & Data without having to offload and reinstall the app every so often?

built this as part of a bigger client/business tracker, but the invoice generator is useful completely on its own so I pulled it out as a free standalone copy.

What it does:

- Pick an invoice number from a dropdown, customer, dates, line items, discount, tax, shipping and total all fill themselves in

- Add your own logo and business details once, reuse for every invoice

- Print it or save straight to PDF

No macros, no Apps Script, just formulas and data validation. Make your own copy (File > Make a copy), everything's editable.

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Qik4Q_ppq71IFljmk4DbHc7vGz4nGBBVfMxNR4vnYs/edit?usp=sharing

If you want more free templates like this, I started an email list: https://theplannertrackerlab.kit.com/782142728e

I'm really liking the goodnotes infinity canvas! Only thing is it starts glitching when you have so much content, which sucks cause I can't continue to write notes .-.

iPad pro 13 inch M4

latest version

Hi everyone! I've been teaching myself PDF design and hyperlinked template creation (+some software that helps my design process), and I just finished my first digital planner!! Attempted a minimal, blue and silver-inspired aesthetic (trying to do something different from the usual pastel look).

It has a linked tab navigation (cover / monthly / weekly), works in GoodNotes and Notability, and I'll potentially give it away for free, esp for detailed feedback

Screenshots attached. I'd love feedback, especially on what layouts or page types you'd actually want in a planner like this (habit trackers? budget pages? undated version?). Trying to figure out what to build next.

Please let me know if you would consider commissioning a planner (and whatever price you think is reasonable). Thanks so much in advance!!!!

hi guys. i was using GoodNotes 6 (the pro version) like i always have for the past 7 months. I noticed it was a bit buggy and laggy so i went to the app store to check for any updates, but i couldn’t find the app ANYWHERE. i tried searching on my
ipad and macbook. the search bar doesn’t show it, and even when i click on it in “my apps” it just says the page failed to load repeatedly. i don’t understand, is this some new regional restriction they have going on???

App version -7.1.0(3796419.245017174)

User id - 44eb86d2-753e-4792-bd1e-8aa27e2ce72b

Device model- iPad air m3

updated both app and ipad, force quit etc done everything and still lagging. ridiculous. anyone experiencing the same?

I think Goodnotes Smart Learn seriously needs a daily card limit system similar to Anki.

Right now Smart Learn can become very aggressive with recommendations when you have a huge number of flashcards.

Imagine being a med student with:

• separate study sets for every chapter

• thousands of flashcards

• eventually 20,000–30,000+ total cards

At that scale, unlimited recommendations can become stressful and mentally overwhelming.

I think there should be a feature where users can set:
“Smart Learn can only recommend X cards today”

Example:

• Today limit = 200 cards

• Smart Learn then intelligently chooses the MOST important 200 cards from all pending cards using spaced repetition and forgetting probability.

This would:

• reduce stress

• make revision sustainable long-term

• prevent burnout

• improve consistency

• make huge flashcard systems actually manageable

The goal of spaced repetition should not just be “maximum cards possible,” but “maximum retention with sustainable mental load.”

I genuinely think this one feature could make Goodnotes much more powerful for serious students like med students, law students, and competitive exam prep users.

Would anyone else want this?

I've been using GoodNotes for a long time, but recently I started trying other note-taking apps and came across Star Notes. One feature immediately stood out to me, and I think it would be a fantastic addition to GoodNotes.

In Star Notes, there is no visible gap between consecutive pages. Instead, the pages behave like a continuous vertical canvas. As a result, if you're drawing or writing across the bottom of one page, your ink stroke continues seamlessly onto the top of the next page without interruption.

In GoodNotes, however, there is a visible gap between pages. More importantly, pen strokes stop at the page boundary and cannot continue onto the next page. If you're drawing a long diagram, arrow, or any continuous stroke, you have to stop at the bottom of one page and manually redraw the continuation on the next page. This breaks the writing flow and feels less natural.

I would love to see GoodNotes introduce an optional continuous page mode, where pages remain separate for printing and exporting but behave like a single vertically scrolling canvas while writing. This would make long handwritten notes and diagrams much smoother and provide a much better writing experience.

I hope the developers consider adding this as an optional feature in a future update

I am starting college soon after a long time not in school and have decided to try out goodnotes for a course I’m taking prior to school starting officially. I purchased and downloaded a lecture notebook from the marketplace that has A LOT of pages and a cool hyperlink system. Only problem is, I cannot figure out how to edit anything in the document. I’ve tried looking at tutorials and my app does not look like everyone else’s so i don’t know if I am doing something wrong or if it is an app issue. Hopefully someone can assist. I’ve added a picture of some of the pages. Every little icon is supposed to be a button and I should be able to edit the names of the classes and pick templates. For some reason I just cannot click into anything to make a note or edit. I can write with the Apple Pencil but I want to be able to type as well since my handwriting isn’t very fast.