Keep what you know in Notes

Notes is for the things that are not files and not tasks: meeting notes, research, drafts, the running document of how something works.

How it is arranged

Notebooks hold folders, folders hold notes, and folders can nest. The sidebar also gives you All Notes, Favorites, Shared Notes and Trash regardless of how you have organised things.

Create a note with the New Note button; it files itself into whatever folder you are currently in. If you have no notebook yet, Hitaji asks you to make one first.

Writing in one

The editor handles headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code blocks, tables, images and dividers — plus video, audio and recorded voice notes. It is closer to a document editor than a notepad.

Notes keep a version history you can restore from, so rewriting something aggressively is safe.

Sharing, which works differently from Drive

Two levels, and the distinction matters:

• A single note can be shared with people, and can be made public with an "anyone with the link" toggle — only the note's owner can turn that on. This is free.
• A whole notebook can be shared with members who get roles — owner, manager, editor or viewer. This is a Pro feature.

So unlike Drive, Notes does offer public links — for individual notes. Inside a shared notebook, folders and notes are visible to all members by default, and can be restricted to specific people; restricting a folder cascades to everything inside it.

A note can also be locked with a password. Locked notes stay private even when the notebook around them is shared.