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Windows, Android and iPhone

The apps show the same vault as the web vault and the browser extension, and keep it in sync. Sign in once on each device with your email address and master password. The downloads are on the Obsidian Vault page.

Windows

The Windows app is for Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11, 64-bit. Install it with the installer (it goes into Program Files and the Start menu), or unzip the portable version anywhere and run ObsidianVault.exe.

  • Your vault in a window of its own, with the same items, folders, organizations and tools as the web vault: the password generator, the security dashboard, sharing, emergency access, organizations, import and export. A few organization pages (groups, policies, the event log and billing) open in the web vault.
  • Works offline: the app keeps an encrypted copy of your vault on the PC, so it opens quickly and you can read your items without a connection. Changes need a connection.
  • Quick unlock: Windows Hello (your face, fingerprint or Windows Hello PIN) or a PIN of your own (at least 6 characters, checked by your PC's security chip where it has one), in Options > Unlock. Both need your master password again at least every 14 days.
  • Auto-type: for programs that aren't web pages - Remote Desktop, PuTTY, a game launcher - click into the program's sign-in box and press the auto-type shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+A unless you change it). The app finds the matching item, asks which one if there are several (and always asks when only the window's title names the website), and types the username, Tab, the password and Enter. Web pages are filled by the browser extension instead: auto-type does not trust a browser's title, which any page can set. You can change what is typed per item. It works only while the vault is unlocked.
  • The notification area: the app keeps running there when you close the window, so auto-type keeps working. Right-click its icon to lock, to copy a new strong password, or to quit. You can also start it with Windows.
  • Clipboard clearing: passwords, codes and card numbers you copy are cleared from the clipboard after 30 seconds (or the time you choose), and are kept out of Windows' clipboard history and the cloud clipboard.
  • Updates: the app checks for new versions once a day and offers them in a banner. Updates are checked against our signature before they install.

Your settings are under Options (the gear button, or Ctrl+,). In your web browsers on Windows, use the browser extension for autofill and passkeys.

Android and iPhone

The Android and iPhone apps are coming. Until then, use the web vault in your phone's browser.

Locking

The Windows app locks after the idle time you choose (15 minutes unless you change it), and when Windows locks or the PC goes to sleep; you can turn that off in Options > Lock and clipboard. You can also lock it at any time with the padlock button or Ctrl+L. See Signing in and unlocking.