Lock notes and folders and control AI sharing

Hide previews before sharing your screen

Click the eye button to hide note bodies, clipboard previews, and snippet contents across the workspace and widget. Note titles can still appear. Authenticate with Touch ID or your Mac password to reveal contents. NotchPad remembers the mask state after you quit.

Ghost Privacy is a separate setting that requests capture exclusion. Check your sharing preview before presenting sensitive material.

Protect a note or a whole folder

Open a note’s menu and choose Lock Note. For several related notes, right-click the folder and choose Lock Folder. Open a protected item and authenticate when you need it. In the workspace, an unlocked note can stay open across tab switches until its last tab is closed.

Check what connected AI apps can read

In AI Connections → What to share, review the shared folder list. Under App permissions, check each client’s Read permission and Projects and Sources grants. MCP excludes locked notes and locked folders, Apple Notes links, and clipboard history. Masking your screen and controlling MCP access are separate choices.

If you store passwords or API keys in NotchPad, keep those notes in a locked folder and exclude the folder from sharing. To verify a connection’s scope, ask the client to list shared folders and projects without opening any notes.