Forgot my password and want to continue using joplin by disabling encryption

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Hi I stupidly forgot my master key passwort.

I only remembered that there is a password when I wanted to install Joplin on my new Laptop for work.

I have Joplin installed on

  • my private Laptop
  • my private mobile phone
  • my old Laptop for work (I do not have it any more, because I got a new one)
    all is syncronized via Dropbox

I first thought I could continue using Joplin by simply disabling encryption on all my devices. I did that, and so I can still see the content on

  • my private Laptop (where the original password is not saved anymore under options - encryption - master keys)
  • my private mobile phone (where the original password is still saved unter
    ... but not on my new Laptop for work - everything is encrypted...

I found this forum entry

and I suppose I am not able to export my forgotten password, because It is not from the desktop (but dropbox) ... correct? Anyway - on my dropbox, I was not able to find the mentioned database.sqlite or the .config directory.

Is there any solution for me :-)?

Thank you very much
Philippe

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You should look for the database file on your laptop, it will not be synced with dropbox.
You can see the location of the database under Tools -> Options. An example from my computer

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If you can still see all your notes on your private laptop before you do anything else backup your notes using File > Export > JEX - Joplin Export File. That way if things go wrong as you try to solve this you will have a clean and unencrypted version of all of your notes and resources you can fall back on and import into a fresh setup if you need to.

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@CalebJohn and @dpoulton thank you very much! thanks to your help I was able to find the password and to export the file!!