How To Password Protect Notes On Iphone

You can secure notes that have your personal data, like financial details, medical information, or website logins — with a password, Face ID, or Touch ID.

Before you begin

• Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
• Turn on Notes in your iCloud Settings, or make sure that you use notes stored on your device. Notes accounts that sync from a third-party service, like Gmail or Yahoo, won't include some Notes features and can't be locked.

If you're signed in to iCloud with a Managed Apple ID, you can't lock your notes.

Set up your notes password

Before you can lock your notes, you need to create a password. Make sure to create a password that you can easily remember by giving yourself a password hint. If you access your iCloud notes on more than one Apple device, you'll use the same notes password to lock and unlock all of them. If you forget your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes, but you can create a new password to use for locking future notes.

You can create a password on your device in Settings or in the Notes app. After you lock a note, it's automatically protected with your password on all your devices. If you use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock notes on your other devices, you must enter your password, then enable Face ID or Touch ID on the device you're using.

Create a password in Settings

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. If you have multiple accounts, tap the account that you want to create a password for.
3. Enter a password, then give yourself a password hint. If your device supports it, enable Face ID or Touch ID.
4. Tap Done.

Create a password in Notes

1. Open Notes and go to a note that you want to lock.
2. Tap the More button , then tap Lock.
3. Enter a password, then give yourself a password hint. If your device supports it, enable Face ID or Touch ID.
4. Tap Done.

Use Notes password-protection

Whether your note has an image, scanned document, or a list of important information, it's easy to keep it safe with password protection. You'll see a Lock icon next to each note that's locked. Until you enter your password, or use Face ID or Touch ID, you only see the title and the last date that the note was edited.

Lock a note

1. Open the note that you want to lock.
2. Tap the More button.
3. Tap Lock.

After you lock your note, it stays open and you'll see the Lock icon at the top of the screen. You can hide the note's contents when you tap the Lock icon .

Open a locked note

1. Tap the locked note.
2. Tap View Note.
3. Use Face ID or Touch ID, or enter your password.

Your locked notes stay open for several minutes, making it easy for you to jump to another note, copy and paste information from other apps, and more. If you close the Notes app or your device goes to sleep, the note locks again.

Remove a lock

1. Tap the locked note, then tap View Note.
2. Enter your password, use Face ID, or use Touch ID.
3. Tap the More button .
4. Choose Remove.

When you remove a lock from a note, it's removed on all of the devices that you're signed in to with the same Apple ID.

You can only lock notes on your device and notes in iCloud. You can't lock notes that have PDFs, audio, video, Keynote, Pages, Numbers documents, or notes that use IMAP to sync with accounts, like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. You also can't password protect notes that you share with someone else. If you want to stop sharing a note, open the note, tap the Add People button , then tap Stop Sharing.

Change your Notes password

You need your previous Notes password in order to change your Notes password. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. Select the Notes account that you want to change, then tap Change Password.
3. Enter your old password, then enter a new password and password hint.

If you don't know your previous Notes password, you can reset it, but it won't give you access to your old notes. A new password will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password.

If you forgot your notes password

To unlock a note, you need to enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot the password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes. You can create a new password, but this won't give you access to your old notes. A new password will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password.

If you have multiple passwords, you won't be able to tell which password you should use when you look at your Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but you enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old password. If you enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.

Here's how to reset your Notes password:

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. Select the Notes account that you want to change, then tap Reset Password.
3. Enter your Apple ID password, then tap OK.
4. Tap Reset Password again.
5. Enter your new password and password hint. Tap Done.

If you tend to jot down sensitive information in the Notes app on your iPhone or iPad, you may want to keep them protected behind a password. Here's how to enable the feature in iOS 11.

Granted, your device is likely already locked down with a passcode. So anyone looking to gain sensitive information on your phone still has to get past the main gate. However, multiple checkpoints are always good for security, so password-protecting certain notes is still worth doing. In the Notes app on iOS, you can even choose which notes to lock down.

To get started, open up the Notes app on your iPhone and swipe to the left on a specific note that you want to lock down. In this case, I'm going to put a password on this note containing the serial numbers to some of my devices.

This will bring up several options, but you'll want to tap on the gray lock icon.

You'll be taken to another screen, where you'll enter in a password that will be used to unlock all and any notes that you want to password-protect. Enter in a password (and verify it by entering it in again) and then hit "Done" in the top-right corner.

You'll be taken back to the Notes app, where you'll now see a padlock appear next to the note. It will start off in an unlocked state.

To lock the note, tap on "Lock Now" at the very bottom of the screen.

The note will now be locked and all of the preview text that you were able to see earlier will be gone and replaced with either "Locked" or "Unlocked".

When you go to open up a note that is locked, tap on "View Note".

If you have Touch ID, you can simply use that to unlock the note, but you'll also have the option of typing in the password.

After that, you'll have access to your note. Once you're done with it, you can tap on the unlocked padlock icon in the upper-right corner of the screen to lock it back up.

You can also go back to the main screen of the Notes app and tap on "Lock Now" at the bottom (like you did before) to lock all unlocked notes at once.

To remove password protection entirely from a note, swipe on it like before and tap on the gray lock icon again.

You'll be asked to use Touch ID or enter in the password to verify (just like if you were unlocking a note to view it), but after that the note will now be completely unlocked for good.

Keep in mind that if you sync notes across your various Apple devices using iCloud, locking a note will also lock it on your other devices, and vice versa.

You can secure notes that have your personal data, like financial details, medical information, or website logins — with a password, Face ID, or Touch ID.

Before you begin

• Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
• Turn on Notes in your iCloud Settings, or make sure that you use notes stored on your device. Notes accounts that sync from a third-party service, like Gmail or Yahoo, won't include some Notes features and can't be locked.

If you're signed in to iCloud with a Managed Apple ID, you can't lock your notes.

Set up your notes password

Before you can lock your notes, you need to create a password. Make sure to create a password that you can easily remember by giving yourself a password hint. If you access your iCloud notes on more than one Apple device, you'll use the same notes password to lock and unlock all of them. If you forget your password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes, but you can create a new password to use for locking future notes.

You can create a password on your device in Settings or in the Notes app. After you lock a note, it's automatically protected with your password on all your devices. If you use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock notes on your other devices, you must enter your password, then enable Face ID or Touch ID on the device you're using.

Create a password in Settings

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. If you have multiple accounts, tap the account that you want to create a password for.
3. Enter a password, then give yourself a password hint. If your device supports it, enable Face ID or Touch ID.
4. Tap Done.

Create a password in Notes

1. Open Notes and go to a note that you want to lock.
2. Tap the More button , then tap Lock.
3. Enter a password, then give yourself a password hint. If your device supports it, enable Face ID or Touch ID.
4. Tap Done.

Use Notes password-protection

Whether your note has an image, scanned document, or a list of important information, it's easy to keep it safe with password protection. You'll see a Lock icon next to each note that's locked. Until you enter your password, or use Face ID or Touch ID, you only see the title and the last date that the note was edited.

Lock a note

1. Open the note that you want to lock.
2. Tap the More button.
3. Tap Lock.

After you lock your note, it stays open and you'll see the Lock icon at the top of the screen. You can hide the note's contents when you tap the Lock icon .

Open a locked note

1. Tap the locked note.
2. Tap View Note.
3. Use Face ID or Touch ID, or enter your password.

Your locked notes stay open for several minutes, making it easy for you to jump to another note, copy and paste information from other apps, and more. If you close the Notes app or your device goes to sleep, the note locks again.

Remove a lock

1. Tap the locked note, then tap View Note.
2. Enter your password, use Face ID, or use Touch ID.
3. Tap the More button .
4. Choose Remove.

When you remove a lock from a note, it's removed on all of the devices that you're signed in to with the same Apple ID.

You can only lock notes on your device and notes in iCloud. You can't lock notes that have PDFs, audio, video, Keynote, Pages, Numbers documents, or notes that use IMAP to sync with accounts, like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. You also can't password protect notes that you share with someone else. If you want to stop sharing a note, open the note, tap the Add People button , then tap Stop Sharing.

Change your Notes password

You need your previous Notes password in order to change your Notes password. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. Select the Notes account that you want to change, then tap Change Password.
3. Enter your old password, then enter a new password and password hint.

If you don't know your previous Notes password, you can reset it, but it won't give you access to your old notes. A new password will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password.

If you forgot your notes password

To unlock a note, you need to enter the password that it's locked with. If you forgot the password, Apple can't help you regain access to your locked notes. You can create a new password, but this won't give you access to your old notes. A new password will let you password protect any notes that you create going forward with the new password.

If you have multiple passwords, you won't be able to tell which password you should use when you look at your Notes list. When you open a note locked by your old password but you enter your current password, you'll see an alert that you entered the wrong password with a hint for your old password. If you enter the correct old password, you get the option to update that note's password to your current one.

Here's how to reset your Notes password:

1. Go to Settings > Notes, then tap Password.
2. Select the Notes account that you want to change, then tap Reset Password.
3. Enter your Apple ID password, then tap OK.
4. Tap Reset Password again.
5. Enter your new password and password hint. Tap Done.

В приложении «Заметки» можно защитить конфиденциальную информацию в заметках с помощью пароля. Приложение «Заметки» использует единый пароль для всех заблокированных заметок в учетной записи (например в учетной записи iCloud) на всех Ваших устройствах.

Вы можете использовать Face ID (на iPhone с Face ID) или Touch ID (на iPhone с кнопкой «Домой») для удобства доступа к заблокированным заметкам; однако не полагайтесь на Face ID или Touch ID как на единственное средство разблокировки Ваших заметок. Если Вы обновляете настройки Face ID или Touch ID или хотите изменить пароль приложения «Заметки», потребуется повторно ввести пароль. Поэтому при создании пароля настоятельно рекомендуется добавлять подсказку к нему.

Установка пароля для заметок

Установленный пароль будет применяться ко всем заметкам, которые Вы заблокируете в дальнейшем.

Откройте «Настройки» > «Заметки» > «Пароль».

Если у Вас несколько учетных записей, выберите учетную запись, для которой требуется установить пароль.

Введите пароль и добавьте подсказку, которая поможет его вспомнить.

Для дополнительного удобства также можно включить Face ID или Touch ID.

Важно! Если Вы забудете пароль к заметкам и не сможете воспользоваться Face ID или Touch ID, чтобы разблокировать заметки, Вы не сможете получить доступ к заблокированным заметкам и Apple не сможет Вам в этом помочь.

Вы можете сбросить пароль к заметкам, но это не предоставит Вам доступ к ранее заблокированным заметкам. Новый пароль будет применяться ко всем заметкам, которые Вы заблокируете в дальнейшем. Откройте «Настройки» > «Заметки» > «Пароль» > «Сбросить пароль».

Блокировка заметки

Вы можете заблокировать только заметки на Вашем устройстве и заметки в iCloud. Заблокировать можно заметки со вложенными аудио- и видеозаписями, документами PDF, Keynote, Pages, Numbers или заметками, синхронизированными с другими учетными записями. Заметку iCloud, к которой есть доступ у других пользователей, заблокировать невозможно.

Откройте заметку, затем коснитесь кнопки .

Коснитесь «Установить защиту».

Если заметка заблокирована, в списке заметок отображается ее заголовок.

Чтобы разблокировать заметку, коснитесь кнопки , затем коснитесь «Удалить».

Как открыть заблокированную заметку

При открытии доступа к одной заметке на несколько минут открывается доступ ко всем заметкам в той же учетной записи, поэтому Вы легко можете перейти к другой заметке или скопировать информацию из одного приложения и вставить в другое.

Коснитесь заблокированной заметки, затем коснитесь «Смотреть заметку».

Чтобы открыть заметку, используйте Face ID или Touch ID либо введите пароль приложения «Заметки».

Чтобы повторно заблокировать заметку, выполните одно из описанных ниже действий.

Коснитесь значка блокировки в верхней части экрана.

Коснитесь пункта «Заблокировать» в нижней части списка заметок.

You don't need any extra app to Password protect notes on iPhone. You can use iOS inbuilt feature to create password-protected notes. This tutorial will give you a complete and effective guide to password protect notes on iPhone or iPad or iOS. You will also learn about the Cons of iOS notes app.

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Table of Contents

How Password protect notes on iPhone

Creating password-protected notes on iPhone involves two steps. i.e., creating a master password and creating notes with a password.

Step 1: Create Master Password for Notes

Before creating Password protected notes, you need to set a master password for notes.

Go to Settings. Scroll down up to Notes.

Tap on Notes. You will see below screen.

Tap on Password. You will see options to enter your password and reenter the password and enter anything related to the password in the hint box. You can also enable Touch ID, if you want extra protection along with a password.

Step 2: How to Password protect notes on iPhone

You have created a master password in the first step.

Now open Notes app -> Go to Notes.

Create new note or open existing note which you want to password protect.

Touch on a symbol at the top right corner shows that in the below screenshot.

Select Lock Note. You will see the below screen.

Enter Password which you have created in the first step.

Click OK. You will see Lock Added message. Now you have added a password to your note, but you did not lock the note.

Touch on the lock symbol at top right to lock the note. Check the below screenshot for reference.

Now you will see This note is locked Message.

How to see locked notes

Open your Notes app. Go to Notes. You will see the lock symbol at left to your notes.

Touch on a locked note. Tap View Note.

Enter Password and Click OK. You will see note content.

How to remove Lock from notes?

You can easily remove password from locked notes. Open a locked note. Touch on the symbol at the top right corner.

Tap Remove Lock. Immediately, you will see Lock Removed message.

How to change Password?

When you want to change password, Go to Settings. Scroll down up to Notes. Select Password. Tap on Change Password or Reset Password.

Cons of iOS Notes app

iOS notes app is a very good app to create notes and to password protect notes. But it has some issues.

1. You can not give different passwords for different notes. You need to use the same password for all notes.
2. You can not password protect the Notes app. Anyone can open your Notes app and they can open notes which have no password protection. But they can not open your password-protected notes.
3. Anyone can delete your password-protected notes. I think Apple has to update their notes app. Because it shows delete options even without entering a password.

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The Notes app on your iPhone and iPad is very handy for jotting down notes and things you must remember. If you put any private or sensitive information in your notes, you can password protect notes in the Notes app.

You probably protect your device with a passcode, but an extra layer of protection is always good for security. The same password is used for any notes you protect on any device, iOS or Mac. But you can choose which individual notes you want to lock.

Before You Begin

Before you password protect notes on your iOS device, make sure the device is up to date. You can only lock notes in iOS 9.3 or later. To access your locked notes on your Mac, you'll need to make sure you're running OS X 10.11.4 or later. When you update your iOS device from an earlier version of iOS, you'll be prompted to upgrade the Notes app the next time you open it after the update.

You should also enable Notes syncing in your iCloud Settings on your iOS device, or System Preferences on your Mac. Or make sure that you use notes stored locally ("On My iPhone" section in the Notes app) on your iOS device. Notes accounts that sync from a different third-party service, like Gmail, can't be locked.

To make sure your notes are being synced through iCloud, open the "Settings" app and tap on your name at the top. Then tap "iCloud". Make sure the "Notes" slider button is on (it should be green).

Password Protect Notes

To lock a note, open the folder containing the note you want to lock, and swipe left on that note until you see three icons. Tap the lock icon.

Enter a "Password", "Verify" that password, and enter an optional, but recommended, "Hint". Then, tap "Done".

An open lock icon displays next to the note. Initially, it's unlocked. To lock all notes you've chosen to lock, tap "Lock Now" at the bottom of the screen.

Unlock a Note

To unlock a note and view its contents, tap on the note in the list.

Instead of showing the contents of the note, the Notes app tells you this note is locked. To unlock the note and view the contents, tap "View Note".

Enter the password on the "View Note" dialog box and tap "OK".

Lock a Note From Inside The Note

We showed you how to lock all your protected notes in the list of notes. You can also lock all your protected notes from inside any protected note.

To lock your notes from inside a protected note, tap the open lock icon at the top of the screen.

Remember, all protected notes are either locked or unlocked. You can't unlock some but not others.

Remove The Lock From a Note

If you decide you don't want a specific note protected anymore, you can remove the lock from it. To do this, swipe left on the protected note and tap the lock icon.

If the note is currently locked, enter your password and tap "OK". If your protected notes are currently unlocked, the lock is removed from the note with no password required.

Reset The Password For Your Notes

If you've forgotten the password for your locked notes, you can reset it, if you know your Apple ID password. If you've forgotten your Apple ID password, you'll have to look to Apple for help.

To reset your Notes password, open the "Settings" app, scroll down, and tap "Notes".

On the "Password" screen, tap "Reset Password".

NOTE: If you know your Notes password and you just want to change it, tap "Change Password". Then, enter your "Old Password" and your "New Password", "Verify" your new password, and enter a "Hint" to help you remember your password. The hint is not required, but it is recommended.

Enter your "Apple ID Password".

Then, tap "Reset Password" again on the popup dialog box.

To set a new password, enter the "Password", "Verify" the password, and enter a recommended "Hint". Then, tap "Done".

If you'd rather not have a password set in the Notes app, tap "Cancel".

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The Notes App on your iPhone can be used as a diary. Thus it's entirely necessary for you to learn how to lock notes on your iPhone. To keep others from accessing the notes on your iPhone, you can lock notes on your iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X in iOS 11 using the way introduced in this article. Besides, the ways to remove lock for notes, change the password for notes and back up notes are also provided. Read on to get the details.

How to lock notes on iPhone 8/iPhone 8 Plus/iPhone X in iOS 11

Tip 1: Lock notes on iPhone in iOS 11 selectively

To keep notes on your iPhone from being accessed by others, you can follow the steps below to learn how to lock a specific note on iPhone.

Step 1: Open Notes App on your iPhone 8/8 Plus/X.

Step 2: Click the note you want to lock and tap on the Share button.

Step 3: Tap on Lock Note and set the password for the note. When it's finished, click Done.

Tip 2: Remove lock for notes on iPhone 8/8 Plus/X

If you want to remove the lock for a locked note, follow the steps below to learn how to make it.

Step 1: Go to the Notes App on your iPhone and find the note you want to remove lock for.

Step 2: Click the note, tap on View Note and then enter the password you have set to view its detail.

Step 3: Tap on the Share button and choose Remove Lock.

Tip 3: Change the password for notes

While if your current password is known by other can you want a new password for your locked notes, you can set a new password following the steps below.

Step 1: Open Settings App on your iPhone in iOS 11. (Under Settings, you can also turn off location services on iPhone to protect your privacy.)

Step 2: Scroll down to chose Notes.

Step 3: Go to Password and click Change Password.

Step 4: Enter both your old password and the new one to change the password for your notes.

Tip 4: Back up notes on iPhoneВ

Backing up your iPhone notes to the computer is an excellent way to prevent complete data loss of your iPhone data. To transfer notes from your iPhone to the computer, a completely free tool you can use is MobiMover Free. MobiMover is a free iOS data transfer and file management tool, which means you can use MobiMover to back up iPhone/iPad (in iOS 8 or later) contents to the computer, sync files from computer to iPhone/iPad, share files between two iOS devices and manage iPhone/iPad data from the computer. You can transfer notes, contacts, messages, photos, videos, audios and more using the tool. For example, you can add ringtones to your iPhone 8 using MobiMover if you need. Follow the steps below to back up the notes on your iPhone quickly. Please note that MobiMover Notes transfer only supports iPhone or iPad device running iOS 10 or the earlier version.В

Step 1. Connect your iPhone/iPad to your computer, launch EaseUS MobiMover, then unlock your iDevice and click "Trust" in the prompt asking for your permission. Among the options, choose "Phone to PC" > "Next".

Step 2. Select the category or categories you want to transfer from your iPhone/iPad to computer. You can click the default path and then set a custom storage path for the notes to be transferred. Afterward, click "Transfer".

Step 3. When the transfer process has finished, you can view and manage the notes on your computer with ease.

With MobiMover installed on your PC, you can enjoy the conveniences it can bring you when it comes to iOS data transfer and file management. Don't hesitate to equip your computer with this powerful tool and make it your good helper.

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• You can lock the notes in your iPhone's Notes app with password protection to keep them private.
• To lock a note, you need to add a lock to the file using the Notes app's Share button.
• Once a note has a lock, you can choose to hide it behind a password, Touch ID, or Face ID, or unhide it and keep it readily available.
• All notes lock and unlock in unison, and use the same master password, which can be different from your iPhone's password.
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Notes are a convenient way to collect information. You can record passwords, reminders, medical information — anything you might need to jot down on the go and reference again later.

But if you use the iPhone's Notes app for personal or sensitive information, you might want to protect the information by locking notes with a password, Touch ID, or Face ID.

It's easy to lock your iPhone's notes, but the lock feature is a little confusing, and might not work the way you expect it to. Here is what you need to know:

• Before you can lock a note, you need to create a master password. You can't give every note its own unique password.
• Just adding a password won't lock the note — you need to take the second step of hiding the note.
• All notes with locks are locked or unlocked together. You can't have some hidden and some unhidden notes with locks.
• If you create a new note, it won't have its own lock unless you add it. That means you can have notes with locks (which are either hidden or unhidden) and notes that don't have locks on them at all.
• When you view a locked note, all the locked notes become unhidden, so you will need to rehide them when you're done.

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How to lock and hide your notes on iPhone

Before you can lock your notes, you need to enable the lock in the Notes app first. This is simply a matter of creating a master password.

1. Start the Notes app.

2. Tap on one of the notes to open it.

3. Tap the Share button at the top right of the screen.

4. In the pop-up, tap "Lock Note," which has a padlock icon and should appear in the second row of icons.

5. Enter a password (and repeat it on the Verify line). If you want to, you can also type a password hint as a reminder. If you want to unlock notes using Touch ID or Face ID, leave the button turned on — otherwise swipe it to the left.

6. Tap "Done."

7. The lock has now been added to this note, though it's not yet hidden. To hide this note, tap the new lock icon at the top of the screen.

8. The contents will now be hidden, and you'll see a message that says "This note is locked."

How to lock additional notes in the Notes app

After setting the master password, you can lock other notes at any time:

1. Start the Notes app. The lock icon next to every note's name indicates which notes have locks.

2. Tap a note that doesn't have a lock.

3. Tap the Share button at the top right of the screen.

4. In the pop-up, tap "Lock Note." It may ask you to enter your locking password.

5. After a moment, the lock button will appear at the top of the screen. To hide it, tap the button. Remember that if you hide any note, all the notes with locks will be hidden.

How to view a locked note in the Notes app

1. Start the Notes app.

2. Tap the note you want to view. If it's hidden, you'll see a screen that says the note is locked. Tap "View Note."

3. If you have Touch ID or Face ID enabled, unlock the note that way. Otherwise, enter the master password.

4. When you view a hidden note, this unhides all the notes, so you will need to hide the note again when you are done if you want to continue to keep it private.

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Apple pushed out its iOS 9.3 update Monday, the release that brings the long-awaited "Night Shift" feature to iPhones and iPads. But other iOS features are getting some much-needed attention, too.

Notes, an often overlooked app, also has a handy new trick: the ability to password-protect individual notes.

While adding a password to your daily to-do list might seem unnecessary, there may be some notes you don't want anyone who picks up your device to be able to see. While it's never a good idea to store sensitive personal information — like account numbers or passwords — in an easily accessible place (we recommend using a password manager, like LastPass or 1Password), adding an extra layer of security to your day-to-day notes is definitely a useful feature.

Now, adding a password to your notes is easy, though there a couple important points to keep in mind.

You can add a password to any new or existing note in the Notes app from the share menu by selecting "Add Password." If it's the first time you've used this feature, you'll be prompted to create a new, unique password on the next screen.

This password will apply to all the notes you protect, not just this one. Additionally, the password should be different from the one you use with your Apple ID (you can add a hint to help you remember) and you can also choose to enable Touch ID for added security.

You can see which notes are protected by the lock icon that appears under the note's heading. Once you've set a password, notes will still appear "unlocked" until you close the app or restart your device. It's important to remember, however, that the first line of the note will always appear — even when the note is "locked" — so you may want to avoid putting any sensitive information at the top of a note.

Once you've unlocked a note — either with Touch ID or your password — you can share and edit your notes as you normally would.

How To Password Protect Notes On Iphone

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