UpNote User Guide
  • New to UpNote
    • UpNote user guide
    • Installation
    • Create a new note
    • Sync notes across devices
    • Search for notes
    • Keep window on top
    • Select multiple notes
    • Open note in a new window
    • Sort notes
    • Info Panel
  • Write & Edit
    • Format your text
    • Write with Markdown
    • Images
    • Attachments
    • Checklists
    • Date and Time
    • Tables
    • Collapsible section
    • Quotes
    • Code blocks
    • Scan documents
    • Drawing & handwriting
    • Editor typography
    • Line length
    • Bi-directional links
    • Search in a note
    • Typewriter mode
    • Focus mode
    • Table of contents
    • Word count
    • Duplicate a note
    • Merge notes
    • Protect notes from unwanted edits
    • Link to internal files and folders
    • Insert LaTeX formulas
    • Embed videos
    • Preview PDF files
    • Templates
    • Slash menu
    • Text direction
  • Get Organized
    • Pin a note to the top
    • Add a note to Quick Access
    • Organize with notebooks
      • Create a notebook
      • Edit a notebook
      • Create nested notebooks
      • Move notes across notebooks
      • Hide and show a notebook
      • Sort notebooks in the sidebar
    • Organize with tags
      • Create a hashtag
      • Rename and Delete Tags
      • Add or remove tags from multiple notes
      • Hide and show tags in the sidebar
      • Sort tags in the sidebar
    • Organize with spaces
      • Create a space
      • Switch between spaces
      • Edit a space
      • Move to other space
      • Import notes to spaces
    • Filter your notes
  • Import, Export, Share & Print
    • Import content to UpNote
      • Import from Evernote
      • Import from Apple Notes
      • Import from Bear
      • Import from Simplenote
      • Import from Markdown
      • Import from Google Keep
      • Import from HTML
    • Share notes via web link
    • Share extension on iOS
    • Share extension on Android
    • Web clipping extension
    • Export your notes
    • Print your notes
  • Lock
    • Lock a notebook
    • Lock the whole app
    • Forget lock password
  • Account and Password
    • Create UpNote account
    • Reset password
    • Change email and password
    • Manage sign-in methods
    • Delete account
  • MORE
    • Widgets for mobile apps
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Automatic notes backup
    • Restore a note version
    • x-callback-url endpoints
    • Release notes
      • Mac, Windows and Linux apps
      • iOS app
      • Android app
    • Questions about Premium
    • Support
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  • On desktop
  • On mobile
  1. Write & Edit

Protect notes from unwanted edits

PreviousMerge notesNextLink to internal files and folders

Last updated 1 year ago

Edit protection is a mode to prevent your notes from being edited accidentally. In this mode, your notes are open in a read-only mode and you need to click/tap the Edit button to edit your notes. This feature is available on all platforms.

On desktop

To enable this mode, go to Settings > Editor > enable Protect notes from unwanted edits.

To edit a note, click the button in the upper right corner of your note editor.

On mobile

To enable this mode, go to Settings > Editor > enable Protect notes from unwanted edits.

To edit a note, tap the button in the upper right corner of your note editor.