Export from Onenote on work or school account

[wood1e2]

hi

I have been looking at exporting from my OneNote to a another note system, but I have hit a bit of a brickwall, it seems the basic export doesn't work for accounts on OneDrive (work or school)!!

What I cannot find out is if it is possible at all? As I would love to move away from Microsoft completely

 

[fisicx]

You can’t. You can only export from personal onenote accounts.

Have you tried copying everything to word then emailing the document to yourself?

As an aside, I’ve moved to Linux and LibreOffice. All free and much simpler without all the cruft that comes with MS products. Even better, no AI anywhere!

 

[wood1e2]

Hi

I managed to login to OneNote on Win App, and that displayed "Export' and it exports... the trouble is Joplin can't 'see' the exported file because I am on Parallels Desktop which is Windows but on a MAC

Anyway, I have asked the Joplin community.

And yes I have decided to move from MS to LibreOffice and Joplin, and Thunderbird.

MS is incompetent, they really haven't a clue what they are doing.!!!

PS many thanks

 

[GLAbusiness]

Here are the practical ways to export notes from OneNote to Evernote, depending on what version you’re using and how many notes you have.


Unfortunately, there is no direct built-in OneNote → Evernote export, so we rely on workarounds.

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Option 1 — Best for large migrations (Windows desktop OneNote)​

Use OneNote Export + Evernote Import​

Step 1: Export from OneNote (Windows app only)​

This works with OneNote for Windows (desktop, not the Store app)

1. Open OneNote (desktop version)
2. Click File → Export
3. Choose:
   • Notebook / Section / Page
   • Export format: PDF or DOCX
4. Export files to a folder

Step 2: Import into Evernote​

1. Open Evernote (desktop app)
2. Go to File → Import
3. Select the exported PDFs or Word files
4. Evernote will create notes from each file

Limitations:

• Formatting mostly preserved
• No tags transferred
• No internal OneNote links
• Handwritten notes become images

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Option 2 — Best for keeping formatting (Manual copy)​

Good for smaller notebooks.

1. Open a OneNote page
2. Select all (Ctrl+A)
3. Copy
4. Paste into a new Evernote note

Preserves:

• Text
• Basic formatting
• Images

Does NOT preserve:

• Tags
• Section structure
• Metadata

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Option 3 — Cloud automation (Semi-automated)​

Using Zapier or Power Automate​

You can auto-send new notes from OneNote to Evernote:


Example flow:

• Trigger: New OneNote page created
• Action: Create note in Evernote

Good for forward-sync, not full history migration

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Option 4 — Third-party tools (Paid / semi-reliable)​

Some tools claim OneNote → Evernote migration, but reliability varies:

• MultCloud
• CloudHQ
• NoteJoy Importer

Often:

• Paid
• May miss formatting
• Privacy tradeoffs