Windows 10: Change Color of Sticky Notes in Windows 10

How to: Change Color of Sticky Notes in Windows 10

How to Change Color of Sticky Notes in Windows 10


The Sticky Notes app is a preinstalled UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app in Windows 10. This apps allows you to create and save notes to the desktop of your Windows 10 PC. Thanks to a new and improved design, added intelligence and Pen support, it is now easier than ever to quickly capture and add context to all your notes.

This tutorial will show you how to change the color of sticky notes on the desktop of your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Change Theme Color Mode for Sticky Notes
• Option Two: To Change Color of a Sticky Note

OPTION ONE [/i] To Change Theme Color Mode for Sticky Notes

*note Changing the Color mode of Sticky Notes is only available starting with version 3.0.
1. Right click or press and hold on Sticky Notes in the Start menu (All apps) or on the taskbar, and click/tap on Settings in its jump list. (see screenshots below)





2. In Sticky Notes settings, select Light, Dark, or Use my Windows mode for the Color mode you want applied to all your Sticky Notes. (see screenshot below)



3. You can now close Sticky Notes settings if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Change Color of a Sticky Note

*note When you change the color of a sticky note, the color is only applied to that specific sticky note and not to any other existing sticky notes.

When you click/tap on the plus sign at the top left corner of a sticky note to Add Note, the color of that sticky note will be applied to the new sticky note. You will be able to change the color of the new sticky note though.
1. Click/tap on a Sticky Note, and click/tap on the 3 dots menu button. (see screenshots below)
(Light color mode)





(Dark color mode)



2. Click/tap on a color you want to apply to the sticky note. (see screenshot below)

*note If you don't have any sticky notes on your desktop, then you can add a sticky note by opening the Sticky Notes app from Windows Ink Workspace.





That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Enable or Disable Insights on Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• How to Delete Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Delete Confirmation for Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• How to Backup and Restore Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• How to Backup and Restore Sticky Notes app Settings in Windows 10
• How to Sign in and Sign out of Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• Keyboard Shortcuts for Sticky Notes in Windows 10
• How to Access and Use Windows 10 Sticky Notes Online on the Web
• How to Manually Sync Sticky Notes on Windows 10 PC

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Can't delete unused Sticky Notes neither change their colors

Hi Yhendra,

Thank you for using Windows10.

I understand your concern and would suggest that you try deleting the sticky note from the source location of the sticky notes from the specific user account.

The AppData folder in the below step is a hidden folder, try the below step to unhide it and later try the steps mentioned.

Steps to unhide:

• Open File Explorer by right click on Start Icon
  and select File Explorer.
• Click on View and check Hidden items.

Try the below step to delete the sticky note:

a) Open File Explorer.

b) Navigate to the following location:
C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes.

c) In the Stick notes
folder you will find a file called StickyNotes.snt

d) You will need the file named StickyNotes.snt

Note: If you delete StickyNotes.snt
file this will delete all the sticky notes present on the computer event the new ones.

Make sure that you backup any newly created sticky notes.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you need further assistance and we'll be glad to help.

 

Can I change the windows ink color for sticky notes?

I hate that when you change the color of the sticky note it changes the color of the ink you write with. Like when you choose a green sticky note it turns the ink purple and when you choose a pink sticky note color it turns the ink green. I think it makes
it harder to read and I just want it to all stay black. I was wondering if it was possible to turn off the ink color change with different colored sticky notes? I think it's a usability issue anyways, so there should be an option if there isn't.

 

Sticky Note Missing

Hi KeithRawlings,

I'm Charles, an Independent advisor trying to help.

Let's see if with the following steps we can solve the problem:

1.- Open >> Sticky notes, when located on the taskbar (Right click on the option) >> Select: List of Notes, now check if your note is in that list.

2.- Follow the steps suggested by the Windows MVP in your article

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-sticky-notes-lost...

I hope the steps work for you

Attentive to any comments

Have a happy day

Best Regards,

Charles.

 

Sticky Notes color/brightness


I was wondering why we only have the option for 6 basic bright colors as background for the sticky notes, when it is so easy to just put in a color wheel with brightness options.

As a designer who is pretty much used to only working in dark grey themed program
And i love the sticky notes, but having that insanely bright colored sticky note in the corner of my eye (2-3th monitor)
is a pain, atleast in windows 7 you could use "resource hacker" to change it, but with windows 10 that is not possible.

Please give the full range of customization for the notes instead of only 6 colors, i guess its made for tablets in mind, but come on its not like you cant use a color wheel and a brightness / alpha sliders on a tablet...

 

Sticky Notes

Hi Angie,

There are several factors why your sticky notes may have an issue. It can be due to outdated application or wrong configuration settings. To better isolate your concern, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes before this issue occur?
• Have you tried checking the Settings?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you may follow the steps provided by Jaz333
on this
thread. It will let you use the old sticky notes.

Keeps us posted if you need additional help.