How to Use Digital Stickers in Goodnotes (3 Easy Methods)

You can add pre-cropped PNG stickers to decorate your planners and Journals in Goodnotes in various ways. Here are 3 different way to add them to your Goodnotes planner.


Method 1: Copy and Paste Stickers

Locate the sticker you want to add, either on another page within the planner document or on a sticker book.

Click on the sticker, a window will then populate, click copy. Locate where you want to place your sticker click and hold your apple pencil down until a window populates and click paste.

A pink balloon dog digital sticker pasted onto an open monthly digital planner template page inside Goodnotes.

Method 2: Add to elements

Add a sticker to your Goodnotes planner with the lasso tool still selected, click on the sticker until a window pops up and click add element. From there you can individually add stickers to an elements collection.

-You can also bulk add stickers to Goodnotes elements, see this blog post here

Using the iPad Apple Pencil to tap the Add Element popup menu option on a glitter happy birthday digital sticker layout.

Method 3: Drag from sticker book

This is my personal favorite. I like being able to see all my stickers organized and dragging stickers to my planner feels most like the physical version of planning.

In split screen open your planner and your sticker book. With the lasso tool selected click on your sticker with your apple pencil and with one fluid motion drag over to your planner.

Using iPad split screen to click and drag a pastel pink birthday digital sticker from an organized sticker book over to a digital journal template page.

Conclusion: Personalize Your Digital Sanctuary

Adding digital stickers is the best way to transform a standard planning layout into a highly personalized, creative canvas that reflects your unique style. Whether you prefer copying and pasting on the fly, saving your favorites to your Elements toolbar, or dragging graphics directly from a split-screen sticker book, decorating your pages makes your planning routine feel less like a chore and more like a therapeutic creative outlet.

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See the video tutorial:

Expand Your Digital Workspace

Now that you have mastered decorative layout placements, learn how to optimize the rest of your Goodnotes application with these easy tutorials:

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