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Logins, cards, identities, notes and SSH keys
Choose New item at the top of the vault, or New login for the most common kind.
Kinds of item
| Kind | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Login | A username, a password, one or more websites, a verification code (authenticator secret) and passkeys. |
| Card | The name on the card, brand, number, expiry month and year, and security code. |
| Identity | Title and name, company, email, phone, address, and optionally passport, licence and social security numbers. |
| Secure note | Free text: door codes, licence keys, answers to security questions, anything. |
| SSH key | A private key, its public key and its fingerprint. |
Every item also has a name, notes, a folder, a favourite star, and custom fields.
Custom fields
Add fields of your own to any item: plain text, hidden (shown as dots until you reveal it, like a PIN), or a tick box. A linked field stands for the item's username or password, for sites whose boxes have unusual names.
Websites
A login can have several websites. By default a login matches the whole site: a login saved for https://login.example.com is offered on www.example.com too, but never on a different site. For each website you can make matching stricter (the same host, a page address that starts with or equals this one, or a pattern) or turn it off.
Verification codes
Many sites offer two-step login with a 6-digit code from an authenticator app. You can keep that code in the login instead:
- On the site, turn on two-step login with an authenticator app. It shows a QR code and a "setup key".
- Edit the login in your vault and paste the setup key (or the
otpauth://link) into Verification code. - Save. The item now shows the current code, counting down, with a copy button, and the browser extension fills it in after your password.
Verification codes in items are part of Premium.
Passkeys
A passkey lets you sign in to a site without a password. When a site offers to create one, the browser extension (or your phone) asks whether to save it in Obsidian Vault. It is saved into the matching login, or a new one, and the item lists it. Next time you sign in, the vault offers the passkey. See The browser extension.
Passkeys are part of Premium.
Attachments
Add files to an item, such as a scan of a passport or a licence file. Files are encrypted in your browser before they are uploaded. Premium includes 1 GB of attachments.
Old passwords
When you change a login's password, the old one is kept in the item's password history, in case you need it again (the site didn't take the change, say).
Asking for the master password again
For the most sensitive items, tick Ask for my master password before showing secrets. The vault then asks before it reveals, copies or fills the item's secrets, even while it is unlocked.