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 Screenshot of Sticky Notes on Windows 10 with insight enabled. The upper half with a yellow background is the typed note. Red text indicates an insight has been identified. The white with black highlight is the selected text for the insight shown in the lower portion of the sticky note. | |
| Developer(s) |
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|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Windows (XP Tablet PC Edition and higher) |
| Type | Desktop notes |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | onenote |
Sticky Notes is adesktop notes application included inWindows 7,[2]Windows 8,Windows 8.1,Windows 10 andWindows 11.[3] The app loads quickly and enables users to quickly take notes usingpost-it note–like windows on their desktop.
Sticky Notes originated inWindows XP Tablet Edition in 2002 and was included withWindows Vista as a gadget for theWindows Sidebar. According to Microsoft, there were eight million monthly Sticky Notes users as of April 2016.[4] It is built in on Outlook.com[5][6][7] andMicrosoft Teams.[8]
The original Sticky Notes was a gadget included with Windows Vista. Gadgets were continued inWindows 7, though Sticky Notes itself became a standalone app built on the Win32 platform, that could still open at startup. This version did not directly supportpen input. The default color is yellow, but five other colors are offered. Sticky Notes havejumplists and ataskbar preview, which shows the notes in a stack. Sticky Notes are automatically saved.[9] This version was reused in Windows 8 and the initial releases of Windows 10.[10]
In theWindows 10 Anniversary Update, released in 2016, a new version of Sticky Notes built on theUniversal Windows Platform was introduced. It can be launched as a standalone app or part of theWindows Ink workspace. The latter method causes the space behind the notes to become blurred. The new version directly accepts pen input and canrecognize words and letters in handwritten text, basic text formatting, pictures. It is designed to be stick to the desktop or move around. The new Sticky Notes providesstock information when aticker is typed or written, and it providesflight info when aflight number is typed or written.[11] It hasCortana integration and can create reminders from notes that include a date.[12][13] Unlike the Windows 7 version, this version's taskbar preview shows astock image rather than the notes a user has created. It originally did not have a jump list, but that was added back in version 1.6.2 on February 6, 2017.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Xbox/Windows 10 Version 1903 or later | |
| Architecture | ARM, x64, x86 | |
| Keyboard | Integrated Keyboard | N/A |
| Notes | N/A | Windows 10 Intel-based desktops |
Sticky Notes can sync notes across multiple devices, not just to Windows 10 devices, but also toiOS andAndroid devices runningMicrosoft OneNote and Outlook for Windows.[12][14][15] Aweb client to edit sticky notes is also available on the OneNote website, at the obscureonenote.com/stickynotes (may not exist anymore) or is located athttps://outlook.office.com/mail/notes location.[16][17][18]
On Android devices,Microsoft Launcher can show sticky notes synced with a local instance of the OneNote app.[12][19][20]
