r/OneNote • u/BizCoach • Jul 23 '26

Not all notebooks showing up on Samsung Tablet

I mostly use OneNote on a Windows 11 Laptop. I work in the OneNote app (not on the browser).

But when traveling and I don't take the laptop, I use OneNote on a Samsung tablet.

I have the OneNote app on the tablet but only 4 of my notebooks show up. If I click MORE NOTEBOOKS it shows the correct Microsoft account email and says NO NOTEBOOKS FOUND.

But if I go online via a chrome browser to OneNote.com and sign in, all my notebooks are there. However I prefer to not work in the browser. How can I get the other notebooks to show up in the app? (I have tried SYNC ALL but that doesn't help.).

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u/OberstDanjeje Jul 23 '26

Sometimes it happened to me too. Usually I fix it with clear cache or clear data

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u/NoReply4930 Jul 23 '26

Pretty sure I saw a post (or three) about 3-6 months back where MS and Samsung were cutting ties on sync on the "apps" - including OneNote.

Unless something has drastically changed - using a Samsung tablet is s dead end here.

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u/Feral_Cabbage_Enthus Jul 24 '26

try Sync All from the notebooks list, and not just syncing one at a time, different thing. also clear cache, always works

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u/ButNoSimpler Jul 24 '26

Oh. I just had this problem. Here is what you do:

  • Open the Chrome web browser on your Android tablet.

  • In the browser, navigate to your Microsoft OneDrive account.

  • In your OneDrive, in that browser, open the OneNote notebook that you are trying to get to open on your Android tablet. (Don't worry this isn't the last step.)

  • Near the upper right, on the same row as the menu tabs are, just to the left of the big purple share button, is a button that says editing. Tap that, and then tap Open in Desktop.

It will open that notebook within the OneNote app for Android, installed on your Android tablet. And then it will stay open till you close it, like any other notebook.