Is there a way to reduce the size of the Onenote folder size on my PC – Outlook 2016 MSO 64 bit)?
I love Onenote and use it extensively. The one downside is that the local copy of my notebook is taking up over ten percent of my hard drive. This is a cloud storage app, with a full copy of all of the files on my Onedrive.
Is there a way to configure Onenote so that it only fetches notes and attached files as needed?
Best Answer
You may modify some settings of OneNote 2016 to reduce disk space usage.
By default there are two separate backup copies, so every notebook will need triple the amount of space. This can be changed in File > Options > Save & Backup, under "Number of backup copies to keep". The default value of 2 can be changed to 1, reducing the space by one third.
All OneNote data is by default kept on the system drive. If you have an additional disk or partition, you may direct OneNote to use it instead.
For every currently opened notebook, there is another copy created on the local cache in a special cache folder. By default this is
C:\Users\<your name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote. This may be changed in File > Options > Save & Backup, under "Cache file location settings", by clicking the "Modify…" button.Note: Moving the cache to a removable drive or network location is not recommended.