While syncing OneNote notes, if you encounter an error message saying You’re out of disk space or You’ve run out of space, or Not enough space, here is how you can fix the problem. Although these error messages appear at different times, the solutions are more or less the same.
We’re sorry, we can’t sync because you run out of space in your OneDrive or Office 365 account.
This message can, at times, be also accompanied by a 0xE0000796 (Quota Exceeded) error code.
We’re sorry, we can’t sync this section because you’ve run out of space in your OneDrive or Office 365 Account (Error 0xE00C0796).
Fix OneNote You’re out of disk space error
If OneNote can’t sync due to the You’re out of disk space error in OneNote, follow these solutions to fix the issue:
- Verify available space
- Optimize OneNote notebook
- Delete existing backup
- Clear OneNote cache
To learn more about these solutions, continue reading.
1] Verify available space
OneNote might not be able to sync notebooks if there is no space available.
So verify whether the notebook is stored. It could be on OneDrive or SharePoint.
If your notebook is stored on OneDrive, you will have to create space there.
You can open your OneDrive account and check the storage section (as shown in the image). You can also empty the Recycle Bin to free up space. To do so, visit this page at onedrive.live.com and click on the Empty recycle bin option.
Also, check if you’re running out of disk space on your computer, and free up some disk space here, too.
If your notebook is stored on SharePoint, you will have to contact the SharePoint administrator.
2] Optimize OneNote notebook
When you optimize the OneNote notebook, it makes some free storage for new ones. To optimize the OneNote notebook, follow these steps:
- Open the OneNote app on your computer.
- Click on File > Options.
- Go to the Save & Backup tab.
- Head to the Optimizing files section.
- Click on the Optimize All Files Now button.
- Click the OK button.
3] Delete existing backup
OneNote creates backups and stores them on your local storage or C drive. If your C drive doesn’t have much space, you might end up seeing the same error. That is why you need to follow these steps to check and delete old or existing and unnecessary backups:
- Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
- Type %localappdata% and hit the Enter button.
- Navigate to this path: Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup
- Delete unnecessary backups from here.
- Restart the OneNote app.
4] Clear OneNote cache
Sometimes, it could be a bug or glitch that could be resolved by clearing the cache. To clear the OneNote cache, follow these steps:
- Open the File Explorer.
- Navigate to this path: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0
- Right-click on the Cache folder and delete it.
- Restart the OneNote app.
That’s all.
How to check OneNote storage
As OneDrive stores all the OneNote data, you need to check the OneDrive storage if you want to find the details about it. To do so, simply open the OneDrive website and head to the Storage section.
However, to manage your storage, you need to click on used storage or visit onedrive.live.com.
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How do I free up disk space on OneNote?
To free up disk space on OneNote, you need to do these:
- Delete files from OneDrive since OneDrive stores all OneNote notes.
- Delete old unnecessary backups.
- Clear OneNote cache.
- Delete old notebooks.
How do I fix running out of disk space?
If OneNote is running out of disk space, you need to make some storage on your OneDrive account. On the other hand, you can change the Save & Backup location from the OneDrive Options panel. Finally, you can clear the cache and add more storage to your OneDrive account.
