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  1. I recently switched to a system in which I'm taking notes using a Rocketbook, then putting those PDF scans into Goodnotes to store and annotate into notebooks for each class. I would love if there was some features for that in particular.

    • The ability to use precision eraser directly on the PDF. (I want to erase this diagram I drew! Or erase it then resize! Having to cover it with a shape is way to finicky, it makes adding new content over the shape very difficult.
    • The ability to edit the color of text! I only use Black pens, so…
    2 votes

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    Hi Goodnotes Team,
    I would love to see a new "Workspaces" option added to the main page sidebar (which currently only includes Documents, Favorites, Shared, and Market).

    This feature would allow users to save and switch between different working environments tailored to specific scenarios (e.g., different classes, meetings, or projects).

    Ideally, a custom Workspace would save:
    • Specific files/tabs: The specific notebooks or PDFs that need to be opened together.
    • Tool configurations: Custom presets for pen thickness, color palettes, and default tool combinations applicable to that specific scenario.

    Use Case:

    For example, if I am about to study…

    2 votes

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  4. I use Goodnotes on my iPad primarily and always keep tabs open for work to refer to at any time easily. I keep these open all the time because it's either a standard of procedure that I reference like my bible or documents pertinent to a project I'm working on over the course of a couple days, weeks, or so.

    I find that sometimes I will accidentally click to close a tab and not know what tab I closed. I would love for a setting to toggle hiding the close tab button to prevent this.

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  5. I really love these flashcards, but some adjustments would be great

    1) if I were able to quickly edit a flashcard when in learning mode that would make things a lot easier, I can delete or add something that I just realised it needed.

    2) If they could make it so you can have a preset background colour for your flashcards, rather than having to change the background colour every time you make a new study set.

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    • Search sometimes misses words that are already present in the document.
    • Add Match Case and Whole Words search options.
    • Navigate directly to the exact location of the searched word instead of only opening the page.
    • Preserve the current zoom level when jumping to search results.
    • Highlight the searched word after navigation.
    • This would be especially useful in Whiteboard mode, where the large canvas makes precise navigation essential.
    • A search experience similar to PDF Expert would greatly improve speed and productivity.
    1 vote

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  6. For function like y=sin(x°), the range and domain are very different ( -1 to 1 vs 0 to 360). The graph displayed is too flat for any visual understanding.
    It would be great to be able to adjust the interval of x/y-axes seperately.

    In desmos, it is done by dragging the x/y-axes with two fingers.
    In Apple Notes, it is auto-adjusted with "centered"

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  7. While making digital notes, ESPECIALLY for chemistry, polygons are essential for drawing rings. With the new update, we can’t even adjust each point’s position manually, nor can we make polygons other than quadrilaterals (I’ve been doing it through the pen's 'Snap to Other Shapes' feature), so please fix this as well.

    10 votes

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  8. Title
    Feature Request: Support for Personal Server & NAS Backups (WebDAV / SMB / SFTP / HTTPS API)

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    I would like to suggest adding support for personal server and NAS-based backups in GoodNotes, in addition to the currently supported cloud services.

    Many users operate their own servers or NAS solutions (such as Synology, QNAP, or self-hosted servers) for data ownership, privacy, and long-term storage. Supporting standard protocols would allow these users to back up GoodNotes data more flexibly and securely.

    Suggested supported protocols include:

    WebDAV

    SMB (Network Share)

    SFTP

    HTTPS-based API endpoints

    Potential benefits of supporting personal server or…

    4 votes

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  9. A Handwriting beatification option where we can choose the type of font that we want our hand writing to change into.

    1 vote

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  10. When I want to copy n paste words, it’s really annoying to ask me ‘agree’ everytime. Please add a ‘always agree’ message tickbox.

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  11. Remember import destination when sharing PDFs

    When importing a PDF from another app (e.g. Nebo) into Goodnotes 6, the default is always “New Document”. In GoodNotes 5 my workflow was to append the PDF to the currently open notebook. Please add an option in Settings to choose the default import destination (“Current Document” or “New Document”), or simply remember the last selected option. This would save an extra tap on every import and greatly improve workflows for users who frequently import notes from other apps.

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  12. Stop allowing goodnotes to make irreversible AI outlines that I can never toggle off unless I go delete them one by one which is super inconvenient. I get that you guys are trying to develop AI but this is seriously ruining the user experience. Make it either so that it only generates outline when I ask it too, or make it so that I can get rid of it when I import the document.

    3 votes

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  13. be able to zoom out, and allow the page to stay zoomed out. i would like to be able to have buffer room on the left and right of the page, as of right now, you can only zoom in, any attempt to zoom out (to see multiple pages at once, or understand where the edge of the page is) the page bounces back to fit the screen width.

    3 votes

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  14. Add an option to customize the lasso select menu after something is selected to be more like goodnotes 5. one thing I do all the time is lasso and then 'copy' but now I have to click an extra button to get to the 'copy' button. it was better on goodnotes 5.

    2 votes

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  15. You recently introduced "Text Doc". I figured that text within these Text Docs is not searchable. You only find words used in the title of each Text Doc which is obviously limiting.
    I am using iOs devices with iCould sync.

    5 votes

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  16. It's a bit irritating that the entire image moves when I crop it, when I already have markings on it with the perfect positioning. I would prefer it, if it stays in the same place

    1 vote

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  17. Currently, we can add preset colours to pens, highlighters, text, etc. but individually. I think it would be practical if the preset colours were added to every tool instead of having individual preset colours (example: I sometimes want my text to be the same colour as my pen, or my pen the same colour as my pencil, or my highlighter the same colour as my side notes, but I have to go fetch the colour again every time to add it to all the other tools)

    Also, for text boxes, the eye drop tool is not available for the background…

    1 vote

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  18. It would be very practical to have the option to "link" to an outline instead of a page. Currently, if you add a link to a page (let’s say page 6) and you add a new page before, your page has become page 7, but the link still goes to page 6. The links don’t follow the content, only the page numbers so it is not practical at all to add internal links.

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  19. Please add the zoom window to the whiteboards

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