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The passwords app offers strong end-to-end encryption which requires anyone trying to decrypt your passwords to know the encryption passphrase.
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## Enabling End-to-End encryption
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#### Important Information
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#### Before you start
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- By default, the encryption setup will encrypt all existing passwords, folders and tags except those who are shared.
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- All previous revisions but the current will be deleted.
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- The encryption setup will also create a new password entry with your encryption passphrase.
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- The encryption setup will create the new entries before deleting any old ones.
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So even if something goes wrong, there should be no data loss.
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[](../_files/videos/encryption-setup.mp4)
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#### Enabling End-to-End encryption
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1. Open the Settings (`More > Settings`)
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2. Locate the `Encryption` section at the end of the `Security` section.
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The encryption setup will automatically encrypt all folders and passwords
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> :warning: Do not abort the encryption process or reload the page
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## Disabling End-to-End encryption
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There is no built-in option to disable end-to-end encryption.
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Passwords a functionality to store hidden passwords, tags and folders and also keeps previous revisions of any change made to any item.
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These features prevent removing the encryption passphrase or would leave some items permanently encrypted and unreadable.
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You can follow these steps to export all your data, reset the app and start again without encryption:
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> :exclamation: This process will delete any hidden items and all settings
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1. Make sure you have no hidden items or use the [Recover hidden items](../Settings#recover-hidden-items) option to show them all.
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2. Exit or log out of any client but the Nextcloud app itself
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3. Ask your admin to make a backup using passwords backup command
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4. Make a complete, unencrypted [database export](./Export#database-backup)
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5. Check the contents of the export with a text editor to verify that your data is exported correctly
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6. Go into `Settings` and use the option to reset everything in the `Danger Zone`
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7. [Import the database backup](../Import/Import-from-Backup)
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8. Delete the backup file and restore your settings |
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> :warning: Do not abort the encryption process or reload the page |
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