Evernote to Seriously Limit Free Accounts Starting December 4

Evernote has announced that it will seriously limit free accounts starting on December 4, 2023.

From December 4, the Evernote Free experience is changing. Going forward, new and existing Free users will have a maximum of fifty notes and one notebook per account. These limits refer to the number of notes and notebooks a user can have in their account at one time: you can always delete unwanted content to remain below the threshold.

That's a huge difference from the current limitation of 100,000 notes and 250 notebooks for free accounts. Users who have over 50 notes will still have access to their notes but will not be able to create new ones.


In keeping with Evernote's 3 Laws of Data Protection, and to ensure that you retain full ownership of your data, any Free user who currently has more than fifty notes and one notebook will still be able to view, edit, export, share, and delete existing notes and notebooks.

Evernote says a majority of free users have fewer than fifty notes; however, for those who have more, they will need to upgrade to a paid account or move to another free service like Microsoft OneNote, Apple Notes, or Keep.