How to Send an Encrypted Note

Open the note you want to send

Open a saved note or checklist. Open its options menu and choose Share or export, then Share password-encrypted file. Encrypted file sharing is included in Free; no account or device pairing is needed.

• Start with one saved note or checklist.
• Open the note’s options menu and tap Share or export.
• On the export screen, tap Share password-encrypted file.

Choose a sharing password

Enter a strong, unique password of 15–128 characters and confirm it. Tap Encrypt. If the note is protected, complete the authentication requested by the app. Keep this sharing password: there is no password reset.

• Type a unique password in the first field.
• Type the same password again in Confirm password.
• Tap Encrypt and wait for the file-ready message.

Send the encrypted file

When the file is ready, choose Share with another app and select your email or messaging app. You can also choose Save encrypted file and attach the saved .ans file yourself. Complete sending in the app you chose; opening the share menu does not send it.

• Tap Share with another app to open Android’s sharing options.
• Choose a recipient in your email or messaging app, attach the file, and finish sending there.
• Prefer to save it first? Tap Save encrypted file, choose a destination, then attach that .ans file yourself.

Send the password separately

Give the recipient the password through a different channel, such as a phone call. Avoid putting the password in the same message as the encrypted attachment.

• Call the recipient or use a different communication channel.
• Tell them the password without including it with the attachment.
• Keep the password until they confirm they can open the file.

One channel for the file. Another for the password.

Open and import the received note

The recipient needs Anytime Notes on Android. Open the .ans attachment with Anytime Notes, or use More → Import notes → Import password-encrypted file and choose the file. Enter the password, choose Decrypt and preview, review the contents, then choose Import reviewed copies. Imported copies are unprotected until the recipient protects them.

• In Anytime Notes, choose More → Import notes → Import password-encrypted file.
• Choose the received .ans file, enter its password, then tap Decrypt and preview.
• Check the note’s title and contents, then tap Import reviewed copies. Protect the new copy if it should stay private.