Locking notes
Notesnook is a private notes app. All your notes are encrypted and secure by default. We can not read them even if we want to on our servers. However you can still add an extra layer of security and encrypt your most important and sensitive notes by adding them to a vault.
Adding notes to private vault is useful when you do not want anyone to read your notes, even if they have access to your phone.
Creating a vault
- Go to Settings from Sidebar.
- Click on
Create a vault
in Vault
section.
- Enter the password for the vault in dialog.
- Click on create to create the vault.
- Now you will be able to lock your notes with the password for vault.
- Go to Settings from Sidebar
- Scroll down to
Privacy and Security
section
- Press on
Create vault
- Enter password for the vault and reenter to confirm.
- Press on
Create
button to create the vault.
- Now you will be able to lock your notes with the password for vault.
Lock a note
- Right click on any note
- Select
Lock
from the Note properties
menu
- Enter the password for the vault in dialog.
- Click on Lock to lock the note.
- Press on the
three-dot menu
button
- Press on
Add to vault
button in Note properties
menu
- Enter password for the vault
- Press on
Lock
to add note to vault.
Open/edit/delete a locked note
To open, edit or delete a locked note, you must provide the password for the vault to unlock it.
Unlock a note permanently
- Right click on any note
- Select
Unlock
from the Note properties
menu
- Enter the password for the vault in dialog.
- Click on Unlock to remove note from vault
- Press on the
three-dot menu
button
- Press on
Remove from vault
button in Note properties
menu
- Enter password for the vault
- Press on
Unlock
to remove note from vault.
Change vault password
- Go to Settings from Sidebar.
- Click on
Change vault password
in Vault
section.
- Enter the old and new password for the vault in dialog.
- Click on Change to update password
- All your locked notes will be encrypted with the new password.
- Go to Settings from Sidebar.
- Scroll down to
Privacy and Security
section
- Press on
Change vault password
- Click on Change to update password
- All your locked notes will be encrypted with the new password.