When you launch Whiteboard, you will see all whiteboards that you have access to in the board picker. Your whiteboards will appear in the order of the most recently opened.
When you have a whiteboard open, you can click the Back arrow get to your other existing whiteboards. You can also select Home in the upper left to return to the board picker.
Note: The back button is not visible on Surface Hub until you sign in.
Find and manage whiteboards in OneDrive
If you have a commercial Whiteboard account, you can find all whiteboards that you own in your OneDrive. These files can be found in the Whiteboards folder. You can move whiteboard files or create new subfolders in the same way as other OneDrive files.
Moving a whiteboard to a new location
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Open office.com and in the app launcher, select OneDrive.
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In the left-hand navigation pane, select My Files.
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Open the folder called Whiteboards.
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In the list of files, select the file and click Move To.
This allows you to move a whiteboard to another OneDrive for Business folder or to a SharePoint site.
Note: when a Whiteboard file is moved, the permissions of the board may change. We suggest re-sharing with the appropriate audiences after you have moved the file.
Managing moved whiteboards
Once the .whiteboard file appears in the OneDrive for Business of the new owner, they can open, edit, rename or delete the files.
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Open office.com and in the app launcher, select OneDrive.
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In the left-hand navigation pane, select My Files.
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Open the folder called Whiteboards.
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In the list of files, select the moved file and click the ... button to get rename, delete and other options.
