Follow these instructions to manually recover a OneNote 2016 or prior notebook that may have become lost when opened in OneNote for Windows 10. In File Explorer, go to: C:\Users\ [user name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache. [user name] is your Windows login name. Each folder name is a notebook's name.

If you can't find some of your notes and worry that they might be lost, you can try to recover them. OneNote keeps a limited set of automatic backups by default. Where you look for them depends on where your notes are stored. Here's how to check.

Closing recovered files. If you click Close without reviewing all recovered files, you'll see an option to view them again later. The next time you open the application you'll have the option to save or remove those autorecover files. Yes, I want to view these files later (safest option)- Select this option if you are not sure whether you need the data in the recovered versions of the files.

Delete cache files: Often, this step fixes the problem. Office typically repairs the document cache files if it detects problems. If the cache files are corrupt and irreparable, deleting them allows Office to repair itself by replacing the corrupt files. Reboot and sync: This step is when Office repairs the cache.

The default location of this cache is “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Office\16.0\OfficeFileCache” but can be modified using Group Policy as required. The size of the Office Document Cache will vary based on the sizes of files recently opened via the Office Client.

If you can't find a file on your computer or you accidently modified or deleted a file, you can restore it from a backup (if you're using Windows backup) or you can try to restore it from a previous version. Previous versions are copies of files and folders that Windows automatically saves as part of a restore point.

To get to the cached Office files, open the Office Upload Center and select All Cached Files from the drop-down list next to the Refresh button. It will show a list of files in your cache which you can double click to open, even while offline.

Recommended solution. The only way to be sure your workbook doesn't contain cached data for PivotTables, PivotCharts, slicers, timelines (Office 2013 or newer), or Cube formulas is to remove all of those items. PivotTables. To remove a PivotTable but keep its data, select the entire PivotTable and press Ctrl+C.

Select Settings > Privacy, search, and services. Select Choose what to clear under Clear browsing data > Clear browsing data now . Under Time range, choose a time range from the list. Select Cookies and other site data, and then select Clear now. All your cookies and other site data will now be deleted for the time range you selected.

On the Tools menu, point to Local Project Cache, and then click Cache Settings. In the Cache size limit box, type the maximum amount of memory, in megabytes, that you want the cache to occupy on your hard drive. In the Cache location box, type the path to the location that you want to use for the cache.