However, if you want to receive new features going forward, you’ll have to start using the OneNote desktop app, which recently received an enhanced Pin and Ink experience on the Windupdate. The UWP version of OneNote has a simplified UI, and it used to be one of the best UWP apps Microsoft released during the Windows 10 era. As we get closer to the end of support date, you will see reminders to try out the OneNote app.” We recommend you switch over to the OneNote app as soon as you’re comfortable doing so. “It will continue to work, but it will not get new feature updates and will reach end-of-support in October 2025,” the OneNote team explained. But now that the app is available on the Microsoft Store as well, Microsoft says that the UWP version of OneNote will no longer be updated. The OneNote desktop app continues to be included in the Office installer for Windows, and it’s also available to download for free from Microsoft’s website. Since last year, Microsoft has been working to bring the features of its OneNote UWP app to the Win32 version, which the company now refers to as “OneNote from Microsoft 365.” Bringing this app to the Microsoft Store is the conclusion of Microsoft’s effort to consolidate its two OneNote apps. Microsoft’s OneNote desktop app is now available to download from the Microsoft Store.

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