Self-deleting / expiring notes

TIP

To delete a note manually, click the icon next to the shared link, or use the Delete this shared note command.

Setting notes to automatically expire

In the settings, you can specify a default expiry time if you want your notes to automatically disappear after the time has passed.

The value is a number, a space, and a unit: minute, hour, day, week or month, singular or plural. For example:

• 15 minutes
• 3 hours
• 1 day
• 2 weeks
• 1 month

The minimum is 1 minute and a month counts as 30 days. Anything in another form, such as 7d, 1 year or 1.5 hours, isn't understood. The settings field shows an error and won't save it, and sharing a note whose share_expires isn't understood shows a warning, as that note is shared without an expiry.

The default applies to every note you share from then on. Notes you shared before setting it aren't affected until you share them again.

Set the expiry for an individual note

To expire only certain notes, add a share_expires text property to each one, with a time in the same form:

share_expires: 7 days

This overrides the default for that note. The clock starts each time you share the note, so sharing it again extends its life.