OneNote 2016 gained years of mainstream support from Microsoft, allowing people to keep using their preferred version of OneNote.

Microsoft is demoting OneNote 2016 and making its OneNote for Windows 10 app its note taking favorite going forward.

Microsoft is putting the focus back on OneNote 2016 after extending its mainstream support date through 2023. That includes merging modern code and features back into the aging desktop app.

Microsoft's simplified OneNote app for Windows 10 will receive pride of place, replacing the current Office version of OneNote in Office 2019.

OneNote 2016, the desktop version of the note-taking app, is deprecated I favor of the UWP version in Office 2019.

Microsoft plans to replace the desktop version of OneNote with the Universal Windows Platform/mobile one later this year when Office 2019 launches.

Office Insiders and Windows on Arm users can't use the OneNote 2016 printer driver right now. Here's a workaround I've been using.

Microsoft has announced that the desktop OneNote app won't be included in Office 2019, and new features won't be added to the current version. The company is recommending the Windows 10 app instead.