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| 1 | +Encrypted File Names |
| 2 | +==================== |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +.. note:: |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | + Neither file name nor directory structure encryption can be disabled. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +Cryptomator protect your files by not only encrypting their content, but also their names and the overall directory structure of the vault. |
| 9 | +For example, if you have a directory structure inside your vault like this: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 12 | +
|
| 13 | + . |
| 14 | + ├─ myProject.pptx |
| 15 | + ├─ Images for Project |
| 16 | + │ └─ ImageOfBees.jpg |
| 17 | + └─ ... |
| 18 | +
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| 19 | +The actual directory structure of the vault on your hard drive/cloud will look like this: |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +.. code-block:: console |
| 22 | +
|
| 23 | + . |
| 24 | + ├─ d |
| 25 | + │ ├─ BZ |
| 26 | + │ │ └─ R4VZSS5PEF7TU3PMFIMON5GJRNBDWA |
| 27 | + │ │ ├─ dirId.c9r # internal vault file |
| 28 | + │ │ ├─ 5TyvCyF255sRtfrIv**83ucADQ==.c9r # myProject.pptx |
| 29 | + │ │ └─ FHTa55bH*sUfVDbEb0gTL9hZ8nho.c9r # Linking entry for directory "Images for Project" |
| 30 | + │ │ └─ dir.c9r # contains information for the link |
| 31 | + │ └─ FC |
| 32 | + │ └─ ZKZRLZUODUUYTYA4457CSBPZXB5A77 # content of the directory "Images for Project" |
| 33 | + │ └─ 4lmrQYfE_5ETusEkVJlTJrcFzjwxNBymig==.c9r # ImageOfBees.jpg |
| 34 | + ├─ masterkey.cryptomator |
| 35 | + ├─ masterkey.cryptomator.DFD9B248.bkup |
| 36 | + └─ vault.cryptomator |
| 37 | +
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| 38 | +
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| 39 | +While this increases security, it also makes it impossible to see the original file names and directory structure without decrypting them first. |
| 40 | +When you need to know the original name of a file (e.g. to restore an older version), you can use the ``Decrypt file name`` feature to decrypt the file name. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +.. _desktop/encrypted-file-names/decryption: |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Decrypting File Names |
| 46 | +--------------------- |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +.. note:: |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + Due to technical reasons, Cryptomator can only decrypt the filen name given an encrypted file . |
| 51 | + It cannot compute the path inside the vault to the file. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +You can access this feature from the unlocked view of a vault in the Cryptomator main window. |
| 54 | +On the bottom of the unlocked view, drop files on the "Decrypt file name" zone or click on it. |
| 55 | +A modal window with the encrypted-decrypted-mapping opens. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +.. image:: ../img/desktop/vault-detail-unlocked.png |
| 58 | + :alt: Vault detail view in the unlocked state |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +The encrypted-decrypted-table has an action bar at the top with two buttons: |
| 61 | +* Clipboard button to copy the whole table as a CSV into the system clipboard |
| 62 | +* Trash button to clear the table |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +.. image:: ../img/desktop/decrypt-file-names.png |
| 65 | + :alt: Decrypt file names window |
| 66 | + :scale: 63% |
| 67 | + :align: center |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +Encrypted file names and their corresponding decrypted, original name are shown inside a two column table, with the encrypted names on the right. |
| 70 | +If you have not dropped any files, the table is empty. |
| 71 | +You can click inside the empty table to select files with a file picker dialog. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Once the table has content, you can select single cells and copy their content with the OS specific keyboard copy shortcut. |
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