How to copy a Class OneNote Notebook to a personal Microsoft account when leaving school

There are many reasons you might want to make a copy of a OneNote notebook. Maybe you’re a student leaving school and you want to take your work with you. You could be a teacher moving to another school and you want to make a copy of your teaching resources. Or maybe you just want to make a backup of your school work in a different location.

Whatever the reason, it’s good to know that you can easily transfer a copy of a Class OneNote Notebook to a personal Microsoft 365 account and take your work with you.

How to copy a OneNote Notebook

1. Sign in to OneNote.com with your school account.
2. Click on the Class Notebooks tab.
   

3. Find the notebook you want to copy, right-click on it, and select Save a copy.
   

4. A new window will open. Select Save to a Microsoft Account.
   

5. Login with your personal Microsoft 365 account.
6. Once you’ve logged in you will you will be asked to confirm that you want to continued. Click Copy notebook.
7. Open the Notebooks folder to confirm that your Notebook is there.

There are a couple of limits which you should be aware of:

• Save a Copy works only if section size is less than 250 MB.
• Save a Copy to a “work/school account” only works for file sizes less than 2 GB.