SOLVED: Stop Microsoft OneNote from Constantly Asking to Sign-In to Sync your Notebook
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Somehow my Microsoft OneNote managed to get it's wires twisted somewhere along the line, and though I already had automatic sync chosen in the settings, it would keep showing that small toolbar near the top telling me to sign in / click it to sync the notebook.
This gets pretty annoying after a short time, having to keep clicking it.
Here's a quick & simple fix, just follow these steps
- Close OneNote
- Open up the folder at: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\ using something like Explorer
- Options: You can either just plain delete the cache folder, or (recommended just to be on the safe side) rename it to cache.BAK
- Start up OneNote again; the next time you start it, it'll take a minute to re-download your notebook, and it should never ask to sync again
Be sure and comment to let us know whether this also worked (or not) for you as well!
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Heyoo aaoge,
Dumb question I know, but still have to ask just in case; after renaming the cache folder, do you also make sure the original cache folder is deleted? You can try refreshing the folder a few times to confirm.
Also while doing all of this, open up your Task Manager and make sure no instances of OneNote.exe are still running in the list; if so, click the "Kill/Terminate Process" button on it. Sometimes it'll stay running w/out being visible on screen (i.e. if it crashes or something).
Last thing you could check is if Microsoft/OneNote moved it's data (and thus it's cache) folder from the one mentioned in the original post. It's been over 3 years since it was written and I've never had the issue again, so I haven't had need to look into it. Going off rusty memory I believe there's also a place in it's settings that points to it's data folder; maybe you moved it somewhere else, or it got moved somewhere else on it's own.
Lemme know how it goes.
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Hello I've tried renaming the cache file but it still asks for sign in when i closed and opened again.
I tried deleting all the credentials as well. which didnt work also.
Any other suggestions?