This gave a more authentic feeling to the digital sticky notes. Allowing users to write on sticky notes with their fingers or stylus with a natural handwriting.

Windows 10 reinvented sticky notes especially with the touch screen computers and tablets running the latest edition of Windows. So every time you look at your desktop or restart your computer, they’l be right there reminding you what you need to do. It lets you create and save notes, and literally stick them onto the desktop of your computer. It really doesn’t come as a surprise considering how useful and light that little app is.

That’s all there is to it.Sticky notes is one of those Windows pre-installed apps that made it to Windows 10. If you’d rather not have to search for the ‘Sticky Notes’ utility every time you want to use it, you can create a tile for it on the Start Screen and/or pin it to the Taskbar by following the steps below:ġ – Press the Windows+ S key combination to display the Search box.Ģ – Type the word sticky into the Search box, then right-click Sticky Notes in the list of search results.ģ – Click Pin to Start to create a ‘Sticky Notes’ tile on the Start Screen and/or click Pin to Taskbar to create a ‘Sticky Notes’ icon on the Taskbar. To delete it entirely, click anywhere on the note and then click the X in the upper right-hand corner. To edit the text of an existing ‘Sticky Note’, click anywhere on the note and make your changes as you wish.

When you’re finished, simply click anywhere on the Desktop to exit the ‘Sticky Note’ utility. A blank ‘Sticky Note’ will be displayed on the Desktop.ģ – Start typing the text of your note at the flashing cursor. The directions below explain how to paste a ‘Sticky Note’ to your Windows Desktop:ġ – Press the Windows+ S key combination to display the Search box.Ģ – Type the word sticky into the Search box, then select Sticky Notes from the list of search results. This is what a Windows “Sticky Note” looks like: You can think of ‘Sticky Notes’ as a digital version of ‘Post-It Notes” that you can “stick” onto your Windows Desktop. Well, you’re no doubt familiar with the ubiquitous 3M brand ‘Post-It Notes’ that you can use to leave yourself or others a reminder about something important. If you’ve never used them, you might be wondering what in the world I’m talking about! ‘Sticky Notes’ have been a feature of every Windows version since Windows Vista, and they’re indeed still present in Windows 10.

Reminder sticky notes for desktop