In order to restore an entire OneNote User or Group, launch 365 Total Backup and browse to the [Restore] > [OneNote] tab.
- Once there, select a Microsoft 365 Organization
- In the following step, select one or more OneNote Users & Groups
- Select which backup version you would like to restore for the selected items
- Select the desired destination
- Restore notebooks to the original OneNote - The backed up notebooks will be restored to their original group
- Restore notebooks to a different OneNote - The backed up notebooks will be restored to an existing OneNote (User or Group)
i. Select a OneNote User or Group - Restore to ZIP Archive - The backed up notebooks will be restored to a ZIP archive in .onepkg format. Which will be downloable via a link sent to the selected email address
To open the restored ZIP Archive, open [OneNote] > [File] > [Open] and browse to the restored folder
- Restore notebooks to the original OneNote - The backed up notebooks will be restored to their original group
If you cannot locate the restored OneNote Notebook in the chosen Restore Destination Folder, make sure to check the default 'Notebooks' folder, as the content may have been restored there as a safety measure.
Please note that Group OneNotes cannot be restored to a User Onenote or viceversa.
Users' OneNotes can only be restored to Users' OneNotes, and Groups' OneNotes can only be restored to Groups' OneNotes.
In order to bypass this limitation, one would need to Restore the OneNote to ZIP and then import it within the desired Group/Users' OneNote directly.