[8] The original Sticky Notes was a gadget included with Windows Vista.

Gadgets were continued in Windows 7, though Sticky Notes itself became a standalone app built on the Win32 platform, that could still open at startup.

It can be launched as a standalone app or part of the Windows Ink workspace.

It originally did not have a jump list, but that was added back in version 1.6.2 on February 6, 2017.

[16][17][18] On Android devices, Microsoft Launcher can show sticky notes synced with a local instance of the OneNote app.