# Password protect app on launching?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/password-protect-app-on-launching/44158>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3 March 2025 13:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/password-protect-app-on-launching/44158 "2025-03-03T13:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2025 15:48 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/password-protect-app-on-launching/44158/7 "2025-03-03T15:48:17Z")

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This topic has been raised quite a lot on this forum. It is a bit awkward to search for these topics as "password" is a common term. Searching for something like "PIN Lock" should find a few and it will give you an idea as to the devs reasons behind this decision. [This post](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/please-add-built-in-pin-or-passsword-lock-when-you-launch-the-joplin-app/3236) is an example of the conversations had and also dates from around 2019.

I am not a dev but I believe that the thought is that full disk encryption and not leaving a computer logged in and unattended are far better protection. Adding a password to open the app would only give a pretence of security as your notes would still be stored locally in an unencrypted SQLite database.

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