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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
> :warning: Some third-party clients do not support encryption
#### Important Information
#### Important Information
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The encryption setup will create the new entries before deleting any old ones.
-
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.
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`
)
1.
Open the Settings (
`More > Settings`
)
2.
Locate the
`Encryption`
section at the end of the
`Security`
section.
2.
Locate the
`Encryption`
section at the end of the
`Security`
section.
3.
Click the
`Activate`
button next to
`End-to-End Encryption`
.
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
> :warning: Do not abort the encryption process or reload the page
## Disabling End
to
End encryption
## Disabling End
-
to
-
End encryption
There is no built-in option to disable 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
.
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
is would either
prevent removing the encryption passphrase or leave some
passwords unreadable and
permanently encrypted.
Th
ese features
prevent removing the encryption passphrase or
would
leave some
items
permanently encrypted
and unreadable
.
If you're sure that
you d
o not have any hidden passwords, you can try the following steps
:
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
> :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
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
3.
Ask your admin to make a backup using passwords backup command
4.
Make a complete, unencrypted
[
database export
](
./Export#database-backup
)
4.
Make a complete, unencrypted
[
database export
](
./Export#database-backup
)
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