Office OneNote: It looks like you don't have permission to edit this notebook. Contact the notebook owner to request access

2026-11-16 06:46

My Windows Office OneNote have recently been unable to be edited. A banner keeps displaying in the window:

 

 

What if should this problem be solved?

Inspection:

Open Notebook Information

1. Download and Install OneNote Batch Cloud  in Windows.
2. Sign-in your Microsoft account in OneNote Batch Cloud
3. Then, in the left side of OneNote Batch Cloud's notebook tree, click the notebook icon to select the notebook (the icon with the people indicates a notebook shared by multiple users).
4. Then, right-click, and the right-click menu will pop up. Click the "Notebook Information" menu item.

You can compare the account information in the "Notebook Information" window with the account you are currently logged into OneNote Batch Cloud:

If the OneNote notebook was not created by your account, you need to contact that user and grant editing permissions to continue editing the notebook.

 

If it's a notebook created by your account. There is a situation where your account may have been unused for a long time and has been frozen by Microsoft. You need to access onedrive.com in browser to unfreeze your account.