# How to hide a note behind a password?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** devonthink3\
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297 "2023-01-18T14:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/ivanpsy/32/22597_2.png) [@IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/IvanPsy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/1 "2023-01-18T14:29:54Z")

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Greetings,  
is there a way to hide a specific note behind a password?

I’ve searched inside the menu and the scripts/rules but wasn’t unable to find the option.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/2 "2023-01-18T14:34:48Z")

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DEVONthink doesn’t support this, one alternative would be to use an encrypted database (especially in case of multiple documents of sensitive nature).

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**Author:** ![IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/ivanpsy/32/22597_2.png) [@IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/IvanPsy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/3 "2023-01-18T15:02:04Z")

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Mmmhhh…I have only 1 sensitive note right now, not so much to open a whole new database, so I think I’ll keep not on Apple Note.  
But I take your suggestion if/when I have more notes.

Thank you for your reply.

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**Author:** ![DTLow](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/dtlow/32/18161_2.png) [@DTLow](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/DTLow)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/4 "2023-01-18T17:23:51Z")

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I can encrypt notes with format Pdf, Numbers, Pages, …

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**Author:** ![IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/ivanpsy/32/22597_2.png) [@IvanPsy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/IvanPsy)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/5 "2023-01-19T07:56:17Z")

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So you’re talking of using the native encryption option of the specific external App, is it?  
Alas my note is in Markdown as I edit it often.  
I’ll keep it in Apple Note until I find a way to safely store it in DT, as I’m moving all my files inside DT.

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-hide-a-note-behind-a-password/74297/6 "2026-01-18T07:56:35Z")

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