How to Set a Password for a Notebook in Microsoft Onenote

This updated guide examines How to Set a Password for a Notebook in Microsoft Onenote and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Responsible-use note: Apply security techniques only to systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.

Add password to protect notebooks

When you add a password to the notebook portion of OneNote, all of its pages are locked until you enter the correct password.

To begin:

1. In OneNote , right-click the name of the part of the notebook you want to protect.

2. Select Password Protection.

3. Select Add Password.

4. Add the password you want to use in the Enter Password box .

5. Retype the same password in the Confirm Password box .

6. PressEnter.

For protected notebooks, you will now see the padlock icon next to its name.

Open the protected section

To open a password-protected section in OneNote:

1. In OneNote, highlight the protected section on the left.

2. Enter the password to unlock under This section is password protected .

3. PressEnterto unlock that section.

Sectional lock is protected

Parts in OneNote that are password protected will be locked after a few minutes of inactivity. But you can also lock the sections yourself.

1. In OneNote, right-click on the protected section.

2. Select Password Protect This Section .

3. Select Lock All.

You can lock all password protected parts in OneNote:

1. In OneNote, right-click on the protected section.

2. Select Password Protect This Section .

3. Select Lock All Protected Sections .

Change the password

If you have to change the password for a part in OneNote, you can do so at any time:

1. Right-click the part of the password you want to change.

2. Select Password Protect this Section .

3. Select Change Password.

4. Add the new password you want to use in the Enter Password box .

5. Retype the same password in the Confirm Password box .

6. PressEnter.

Delete password

If you want, you can remove the password for a part in OneNote:

1. Right-click the part of the password you want to change.

2. Select Password Protect this Section .

3. Select Remove Password.

4. Enter the current password in the Enter Password box .

5. Click OK.

As you can see, the padlock icon is now gone.