Changing or New Password on Encrypted Text

[JohnDM 122]

For those having problems changing the Password on encrypted text (Windows 4.6.7.8)

 

• uncript any text you want to Encrypt with a new password
• Highlight and drag over with mouse the text you want to Encrypt
• Hit keys Ctrl + Shift + X

* * *  If it automatically encrypts it to the old saved password that means you have checked the box "Remember passphrase until I quit Evernote" * * *

      You will need to close the Evernote program and then restart it -- but (for me) if you have Evernote syncing in the background -- You will need to close Evernote in the Task Bar as well (lower right for windows 7)  before you restart the Evernote program -- this way the program is fully closed first.

 

As before -- Open the program -> go to the note you want to encript -> highlight text -> Ctrl + Shift + X

• Type in a NEW password prassphase you want
• New window comes up -- hit Create a new Passphrase (disregard the statement "not a good idea")
  • Why "not a good idea"?  Evernote is reminding you that if you fail to give yourself a hint of the new password phrase and you forget the password, there is no way to retreave this encrypted text
• So give yourself a decent enough hint of your new Password
• If you check the box "Remember passphrase until I quit Evernote" this will become your new default password -- I think (??) for any future encrypted text notes. This does NOT change your other encripted notes

 

Now create a new note in your Evernote account and put this in it -- if you are like me this is the 3rd time I have tried to learn how to change passwords as I keep forgetting I need to log out first is NEVER explained anywhere -- that I could find.

[Nux 36]

It seems currently you need to type in wrong password to have an option to change it.

[dsg 0]

I clicked "remember my passphrase" but now I want to unclick it.   How do I do that?

[Madmax004 0]

You close evernote completely (also from taskbar/notification area) and restart it. Then you go to the encrypted note, and decrypt it. There you can uncheck the "remember my passphrase" box.

[LeeS 0]

THANK YOU!!! Why don't they tell you this in their help section?

[jasondunn 18]

Just when I thought Evernote's approach to encryption couldn't possibly get worse, I run into this scenario of trying to update my encryption password! Beyond the pain of having to do it on EVERY note individually  , the instructions above didn't even work for me. After encryption, leaving the "remember password box" un-checked, when I carefully selected my text the keyboard commands do nothing. The right-click Encrypt function is greyed out. I tried it multiple times, exited and re-started Evernote, etc. Nada. 

 

My solution ended up being to un-encrypt the text, then copy/paste it outside the encryption "box". What a pain...and now I have to repeat it 10x more times. 

 

I love Evernote, but their approach here is BEYOND PAINFUL. 

[RaymondBergmark 0]

On 2015-01-11 at 7:30 PM, jasondunn said:

Just when I thought Evernote's approach to encryption couldn't possibly get worse, I run into this scenario of trying to update my encryption password! Beyond the pain of having to do it on EVERY note individually  , the instructions above didn't even work for me. After encryption, leaving the "remember password box" un-checked, when I carefully selected my text the keyboard commands do nothing. The right-click Encrypt function is greyed out. I tried it multiple times, exited and re-started Evernote, etc. Nada. 

 

My solution ended up being to un-encrypt the text, then copy/paste it outside the encryption "box". What a pain...and now I have to repeat it 10x more times. 

 

I love Evernote, but their approach here is BEYOND PAINFUL. 

Jasondunn: Could it be that you try to encrypt the whole note? Leave a line on top that you don't encrypt.