What changes on 16 October
-The standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, and Android retire on 16 October 2026.
+What changed on 16 October
+The standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, and Android retired on 16 October 2026.
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- With a personal Microsoft account, the app has shown this notice since 25 September: “you will no longer be able to create or edit whiteboards. Please export any whiteboards you’d like to keep before October 16, 2026, after which they will be permanently deleted.” Installed apps then display “a retirement experience instead of opening the Whiteboard gallery or whiteboard content”, according to Microsoft. Export your boards before 16 October. -
- With a work or school account, boards stored in OneDrive stay available in Whiteboard in Teams and on the web. Boards still stored in Azure are deleted on 16 October. +
- With a personal Microsoft account, the app showed this notice from 25 September: “you will no longer be able to create or edit whiteboards. Please export any whiteboards you’d like to keep before October 16, 2026, after which they will be permanently deleted.” Installed apps now display “a retirement experience instead of opening the Whiteboard gallery or whiteboard content”, according to Microsoft. +
- With a work or school account, boards stored in OneDrive stay available in Whiteboard in Teams and on the web. Boards still stored in Azure were deleted on 16 October.
Export a board as a ZIP
-Open the board in the Microsoft Whiteboard app for Windows, then:
+Until 16 October 2026 the Windows app exported a board this way. Open the board in the app, then:
- Select Settings, the gear at the top right.
- Select Export. @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
Export a board as a ZIP
-Repeat the steps for each board, because each ZIP holds one board. Image and PDF save a picture of the board, without the separate strokes, notes, and text. The ZIP opens in SQLBI Whiteboard at any time, including after 16 October, so you can export your boards now and bring them across later.
+Repeat the steps for each board, because each ZIP holds one board. Image and PDF save a picture of the board, without the separate strokes, notes, and text. The ZIP opens in SQLBI Whiteboard at any time.
Open it in SQLBI Whiteboard
Install SQLBI Whiteboard, or run winget install SQLBI.Whiteboard. Use File → Open on the ZIP to create a new board from it, and Save to keep it as a .wboard file. File → Import, or dropping the ZIP on a board, adds it below the current content.