1. Setup
Initially you set your password during the database creation process. Choose a complex enough password. It should be at least 10 symbols long. It should contain small and capital letters, digits, and some special symbols. Use the password strength indicator to estimate the strength of your password.
Attention! Remember your password. If you forget the password, you will not be able to restore it or access your data without it.
Tip: For the cloud synchronization to work, you should set the same password in all SafeInCloud app instances installed on your mobile devices and computers.
2. Enter password
Next time you open SafeInCloud or it was locked automatically, you should enter your password to unlock it.
Tip: You can configure the auto-locking behavior of SafeInCloud via Options > Security > Locks.
3. Fast unlock
Entering a long and complex password is time consuming. Hence you might want to use the Fast unlock feature of SafeInCloud. Enable it via Options > Security > Authentication.
Tip: The Require password every option will ask you master password once in a few days (to prevent you from forgetting the password and loosing access to your data).
Next time you open SafeInCloud, you should enter only 4 first symbols of your password. For security reasons, you have only one attempt. If it’s wrong, then you should enter a whole password again.
Attention! Remember your password even if you are using the Fast unlock or the Biometric login (for Premium version). If you forget the password, you will not be able to restore it and might lost access to your data.
4. Change password
You can change your password via Tools > Change Password. Select this setting, then enter the current password to confirm your identity. Finally enter and confirm a new password.
Attention! After changing your password on one device you should manually set the same passwords on all SafeInCloud app instances installed on other devices and computers. Until then they will accept the old password and the cloud synchronization will not work properly.
5. Troubleshooting
The worst trouble that can happen to you is forgetting the password. In this case try one of the following solutions.
Solution #1
If you have another synced device where you can enter SafeInCloud with biometrics, you can go to the app’s Settings there and set a new password via Change Password. Sync the data with the new password to a cloud. This will set the new password to the cloud database.
After that on the desktop version do the following:
- Enter any password 3 times;
- Choose to delete the local database;
- Restore your data from the cloud database;
- Enter SafeInCloud with the new password.
Solution #2
If you’ve changed your password recently and still remember the old password, then you may try to rollback your database to the state, when it had that old password. For this you should use the file versioning system of your cloud. The location of the cloud database file depends on your cloud.
Information about the cloud database location can be found here
Try the following steps:
- Open a web browser and locate your cloud database file (SafeInCloud.db);
- Right-click the file to open its context menu and select Version history (or Manage versions);
- Download a file version that had the old password, which you still remember;
- Start SafeInCloud app (better on a desktop version);
- Enter any password 3 times;
- Choose to delete the local database;
- Create a new database and set any password;
- Select Tools > Restore from the menu of the desktop app (or Settings > Backup/Restore on a mobile device);
- Choose the downloaded file;
- After the restoration, try entering with the old password;
- If the password is wrong, try another file version from the history.
Solution #3
Try remembering your password. Try all your common passwords. Try different variations of them. Try again tomorrow. Take counsel of your pillow.
There are no other solutions. For security reasons, your password is not stored anywhere. And there is no way to reset or restore it, or to access your data without the password.
If still cannot remember your password, then the only way forward is erasing all the data and starting over:
- Delete the cloud database (see its location above);
- Enter any password 3 times;
- Choose to delete the local database;
- Create a new database and set a new password.