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Add the eraser icon to the Zoom Window?
I just purchased the app today and all I can say is that it's amazing! I can now stop carrying my notebooks with me, which makes life a lot easier. I think fluidity is important when it comes to note taking, and not having a eraser on the Zoom Window gets in the way and is a distraction. If you guys can add this feature aim sure many users would appreciate it!
Keep up the good work! I'll definitely recommend this app to all my colleagues who are trying to go paperless.
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Allow the deletion of highlighter, leaving text intact.
Having highlighted some hand-written notes, the eraser will delete both the highlight and the text. Please give an option for the eraser to delete only the highlight, leaving the notes "underneath" intact.
134 votesIn GoodNotes 5, the eraser can be set to “erase highlighter only”. Tap and hold on the eraser icon to access the settings.
Don’t forget to deactivate it afterward to also erase regular ink strokes again.
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Editable bookmarks and table of contents (outline) which are exportable together with the pdf file.
Other pdf apps should be able to detect the bookmarks and outlines.
130 votesOutlines and hyperlinks will be preserved in exported PDF when the file format is set to “Editable” in the export options.
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Add Apple Pencil support!!!!!!
The apple pencil is the stylus we have been waiting for that is finally going to make writing on an iPad fluid and natural. Please please do what you need to do to make it happen!:) thanks goodnotes you're the best!
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Type text
Simply the ability to type as well as write
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Flashcards
Either a feature or separate app that uses your software to make flash cards at someone could draw on and then be able to flip them on the iPad
127 votesWe have added a “Flash Card Study Mode” and the ability to create flash cards in GoodNotes 5.6.0. You can read more about it here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001888175
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Add link functionality
Add the option to hyperlink from the cut tool options. Basically anything I circle I can assign a link to take me to the associated content.
123 votesThank you so much for sharing your suggestion! We’re happy to let you know that the option to add links to internal files or external websites is already available.
For more details, please check out this article.
Feel free to share your feedback and let us know how the feature works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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Collapsible “Sticky Notes”
Especially in PDFs and PowerPoint Presentations where you cannot add more room to write on or around the page, having the ability to add and create a collapsible “sticky note” on the page would be useful. An example is provided:
120 votesHello,
With the September 2025 update, collapsing Sticky Notes are now available.
To use them:
- Select Sticky Notes from the main toolbar (it’s a separate tool).
- Create a sticky note.
- Tap Collapse (the arrows icon) in the object menu, the note will collapse along with its text, similar to a comment icon.
- To expand it again, simply tap the sticky note.
Screenshot attached.
Let us know if this works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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Optical Character Recognition
One of the best features for me were searchable PDFs in GoodNotes with the last update.
You could further enhance this experience, if you would add the ability to search your handwritten notes, too. I know this feature would be a lot of work, but you would get really close to Pro Note Tools like OneNote from Microsoft.116 votes -
Add support for 53's "pencil" stylus, precisely the eraser function on its back!
It feels really good to just flip the stylus over and erase somthing.
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dot line
Why not add the function of drawing dotted lines
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Rectangular Lasso Tool
Some free programs, like CollaNote have a rectangular lasso tool where you drag the top left point to the bottom right that is honestly faster in a lot of cases for very straightforward notes, instead of needing to draw a nearly fully closed circle.
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Add an eraser button in the zoom window toolbar
While its only a minor inconvenience, when I'm taking notes in a class where the professor really likes to speed along, having to go to the top of the screen to select the eraser, then back to select the pen, I can quickly fall behind what the prof is saying.
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Multiple open documents
I often need to go back and forth between multiple documents. Can we have three or four such open documents at once, possibly selecting them from icons on a toolbar, etc?
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Hold stroke for perfect shape
It’s a bit tedious to switch to the shape tool every time you want to draw e.g. a perfect line. What about having GoodNotes draw a perfect shape when you hold your stroke like in Procreate or Notability? Bonus points when it’s possible to edit the shape size and anchor points.
107 votesWe’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.
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Visual folder instead of Categories
There is a categories option but visual folders would be more nicer to see and far more usable
Obviously with subfolder support107 votesWe’ve added a folder system with main folders and subfolders to GoodNotes 5. It is now possible to create infinite levels of folders. Thanks your patience.
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New Design for ugly brown wood
The brown wood is extreme ugly
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Changing Default Font TextBox
After the latest update, I can’t find a way to set a default font and size for the textbox, unlike before when you can just click the icon and store the current font and size as default. Right now, every time you add a textbox, you have to start typing from blue, size 10, Modern font and change it manually.
105 votesHello! The option to set the default style for text boxes is already available.
You can do it in two ways:
- From the text box object menu (tap the three dots → Save as Default).
- From the Text Tool floating menu (tap the T with a heart icon). This icon becomes active whenever your current settings differ from the default.
You can save any settings as default: color, size, font, text style, alignment, line height, and text box style.
Let us know if it works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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Dark mode
I would love an added dark mode option. Having darker greys and blacks could make the app look so much cleaner.
106 votesDark Mode is now supported in GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS and iOS 13. You can enable system-wide Dark Mode in the control center and GoodNotes’ design will switch to Dark Mode. We also added a set of dark paper templates that you can use when creating new documents, adding new pages, or changing existing templates. Please note that paper colors won’t be automatically changed when activating Dark Mode because backgrounds are static.
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