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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.
The passwords app offers strong end
-
to
-
end encryption which requires anyone trying to decrypt your passwords to know the encryption passphrase.
## Enabling End
to
End encryption
## Enabling End
-
to
-
End encryption
> :warning: Some third-party clients do not support encryption
#### Important Information
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The encryption setup will create the new entries before deleting any old ones.
So even if something goes wrong, there should be no data loss.
#### Enabling End
to
End encryption
#### Enabling End
-
to
-
End encryption
1.
Open the Settings (
`More > Settings`
)
2.
Locate the
`Encryption`
section at the end of the
`Security`
section.
3.
Click the
`Activate`
button next to
`End-to-End Encryption`
.
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> :warning: Do not abort the encryption process or reload the page
## Disabling End
to
End encryption
There is no built-in option to disable end
to
end encryption.
Passwords
offers hidden passwords, which make it impossible to guarantee that all passwords have been decryp
te
d
.
Th
is would either
prevent removing the encryption passphrase or leave some
passwords unreadable and
permanently encrypted.
If you're sure that
you d
o not have any hidden passwords, you can try the following steps
:
## Disabling End
-
to
-
End encryption
There is no built-in option to disable end
-
to
-
end encryption.
Passwords
a functionality to store hidden passwords, tags and folders and also keeps previous revisions of any change made to any i
te
m
.
Th
ese features
prevent removing the encryption passphrase or
would
leave some
items
permanently encrypted
and unreadable
.
You can follow these steps to export all
you
r
d
ata, reset the app and start again without encryption
:
> :exclamation: This process will delete any hidden items and all settings
1.
Make sure you have no hidden
passwords in any app you use or un
hide
them in that app
.
1.
Make sure you have no hidden
items or use the
[
Recover
hid
d
e
n items
](
../Settings#recover-hidden-items
)
option to show them all
.
2.
Exit or log out of any client but the Nextcloud app itself
3.
Ask your admin to make a backup using passwords backup command
4.
Make a complete, unencrypted
[
database export
](
./Export#database-backup
)
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