Use case or problem
I am migrating from Evernote to Obsidian and this is the one feature keeping me from completing the switch. I occasionally store sensitive information alongside regular notes — things like confidential business context, private financial notes, or personal details. I need the ability to encrypt specific portions of text within a note, protected by a password, without exposing that content to anyone who accesses the file or the sync service.
Proposed solution
A native in-note text encryption feature, similar to what Evernote offers. The workflow would be:
- Select any portion of text within a note
- Choose “Encrypt” and set a password
- The selected text is replaced by an encrypted block, stored and synced in its encrypted form
- Clicking the block prompts for the password to reveal the content temporarily, without writing the decrypted text back to disk
Ideally implemented with AES-256 encryption and available across all platforms including mobile.
Current workaround (optional)
Community plugins such as Meld Encrypt and Inline Encrypter offer similar functionality. However, both explicitly state that their encryption methods have not been independently audited. For users who need to protect genuinely sensitive information, relying on unaudited third-party plugins is not a comfortable solution. This is one area where a native, maintained implementation would make a meaningful difference.