In the Office 365 Client Installation wizard, you can set OneNote to the Off position when you configure the Office settings. Microsoft Configuration Manager (current branch)

We recommend that you use the Office Customization Tool to help you create your configuration.xml file. You can use the ExcludeApp element in your configuration.xml file.

There are different ways to exclude OneNote from being installed with Office, depending on which deployment method you're using, as shown in the following table. If you deploy the freemium version of OneNote, when you go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, OneNote will appear as a standalone entry named Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2016.To add OneNote back to those versions of Office, you can run an Online Repair. Using OneNoteFreeRetail isn't supported with volume licensed versions of Office, such as Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 or Office Standard 2019.Īlthough you're deploying the freemium version of OneNote, the first time the user opens OneNote after it's installed, the license will update automatically to the same license as the version of Office already installed on the device. If Office is already installed on the device, but OneNote didn't get installed previously, you can run the Office Deployment Tool on the device and use the following configuration.xml file to add OneNote. To add OneNote to an existing installation of Office But, always be sure to check the deployment settings before you deploy, for example when using the wizards in Configuration Manager (current branch) or Microsoft Intune. There are no additional steps you need to take to include OneNote with new installations of Office. OneNote is included alongside the other Office apps, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, when you deploy Microsoft 365 Apps, Office LTSC 2021, or Office 2019. You can use the Office Deployment Tool or enterprise deployment software, such as Microsoft Configuration Manager, to include or exclude OneNote when you deploy Office in your organization.

OneNote still appears as OneNote 2016 in volume licensed versions of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019.

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