Choose how deleted pages are handled

Outcome: ReMarkSync will apply the deletion policy you choose to future removed pages.

Before you begin

• Complete setup.
• Understand that the choice affects the OneNote copy, not the original deletion on reMarkable.

Choose a policy

1. Open the Settings tab.
2. Find Deleted pages under Preferences.
3. Choose one option:
   • Archive (the default): rename and move the OneNote page into Deleted from reMarkable when possible.
   • Keep: leave the OneNote page in place and record that the source was deleted.
   • Delete: remove the matching OneNote page. Use this only when OneNote should mirror reMarkable closely.
4. Continue using ReMarkSync. The selected policy applies when it detects a removed page.
5. Open Activity to confirm the recorded Archived, Kept, or Deleted action.

Archive is the default and most recoverable choice.Open full size

Older versions of a page

Sometimes OneNote ends up with an older version of a page next to the real one, for example after a recovery copy became the real page. ReMarkSync then handles the older version with the same setting:

• Archive or Delete: the older version is renamed, for example “Shopping (older version 1)”, and moved to Deleted from reMarkable. Delete archives it too, because the older version may hold notes you typed in OneNote.
• Keep: the older version stays where it is.

ReMarkSync does this in the background, one page at a time, only while nothing else is syncing. Activity, in History, shows one line per page, such as Older versions archived with “4 older versions moved to Deleted from reMarkable.” or Older version kept with “Older version kept in OneNote.” With Delete, the archived line adds “because it may have your OneNote notes.”

Older versions follow your Deleted pages setting, with one quiet line per page. Example using sample data.Open full size

Expected result

Expected result

The chosen option remains selected in Settings, and Activity records the action ReMarkSync takes for each removed page.

If your screen looks different

OneNote lets connected apps delete pages, but it does not currently let them delete sections or section groups. An empty section or group can remain after a notebook or folder is removed.

Troubleshooting

An empty OneNote section remains

This is a Microsoft Graph limitation. ReMarkSync can handle the pages inside the section, but OneNote does not currently allow connected apps to remove the empty section or section group.

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