Applies ToOneNote for Microsoft 365 OneNote for Microsoft 365 for Mac

You can recover a page or section up to 60 days after deletion. If you deleted a section group, you can recover the sections, just not the group. To recover a whole notebook, see Restore notes from a backup.

  1. Select the History tab and select Word W32 Trashcan button icon Notebook Recycle Bin.

  2. Right-click the page or section and choose  Move copy menu icon Move or Copy

  3. In the Move or Copy dialog box, choose where to put the recovered content and select Move

  4. Select  Word W32 Trashcan button icon Notebook Recycle Bin again to close the recycle bin.

Tips: 

  • If you just deleted text, images, a page or section, press Ctrl+Z to undo. 

  • To restore content you deleted from a page, not the page itself, see Review and restore the history of a page

  • If you deleted a section group, recreate the group and then move the restored sections to it directly. 

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