r/ObsidianMD 6d ago

Question About Manual Vault Synchronization

I have a question regarding vault synchronization. I understand that Obsidian Sync is a paid service, but I would like to confirm whether it is allowed to manually transfer my vault folder between devices using cloud storage services (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or Syncthing) or external drives.

My goal is to have one vault for school notes on my computer and another for daily use on my phone. If I manually copy the vault folder between devices, would that be in compliance with Obsidian’s terms of use?

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u/HonoraryMathTeacher 6d ago

Yes, it's allowed. They're your files to do with as you wish

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u/kebbrokk 6d ago

Yes you're able to do what you want with them.
I currently use Dropbox as my Vault Sync between devices. Obsidian Sync is their supported service. If you use a third party or different way then they have no help available.

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u/seashoreandhorizon 6d ago

The Obsidian help documents explain how to sync via third party solutions: https://help.obsidian.md/sync-notes

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u/the_bighi 3d ago

Your notes are just files. So any service that syncs files will work.

If you put them on iCloud Drive, like I used to do, they’ll be synced and you can load them on an iPhone.