Enable End to End Encryption
The passwords app offers strong end-to-end encryption which requires anyone trying to decrypt your passwords to know the encryption passphrase.
- By default, the encryption setup will encrypt all existing passwords, folders and tags except those who are shared.
- All previous revisions but the current will be deleted.
- The encryption setup will also create a new password entry with your encryption passphrase. If you do not want this, switch the settings view to "Advanced" in the top right corner and uncheck the options in step 5 of the setup.
- 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.
- Open the Settings (the cog icon)
- Locate the "Encryption" section at the end of the "Security" section.
- Click the "Activate" button next to "End-to-End Encryption".
- The setup wizard will appear. Click continue to see the encryption passphrase dialog.
- Choose an encryption passphrase with at least 12 characters and confirm it.
⚠️ Do not use your Nextcloud password. Every Nextcloud app can read your Nextcloud password and it offers no security - Click "Save".
The encryption setup will automatically encrypt all folders and passwords
⚠️ Do not abort the encryption process or reload the page