New You can now open files from outside your vault in Obsidian. The file opens in your current window (Desktop only). Added the "Open file from outside the vault..." command. Pick any file on your computer and view it in the app. Obsidian now appears in your operating system's Open with menu, and you can set it as the default app for Markdown files (requires downloading the latest installer). Impr…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop 1.14.2. New iOS 27: Added support for the new extra large Quick Capture and View Note widgets. Improvements iOS: Quick Capture's color scheme now matches the active vault's color scheme. No longer broken Bases: Fixed exporting a view as a CSV file. Fixed the vault switcher not always showing a dark keyboard. iOS: Fixed Quick Capture no…
Improvements Math rendering now uses MathJax 4.1.3, replacing MathJax 3 and Temml. Bases: Added right-to-left (RTL) support to table views, including keyboard navigation, selections, and horizontal scrolling. No longer broken Fixed default file to open option not working. Fixed opening recent vault from OS menu not working. Vim: Fixed deleting and pasting a numbered list item inserting blank lines…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop 1.14.1. New iOS 26: Added a configurable Quick Capture Home Screen widget. Add shortcuts to capture directly to different Locations. Improvements Text and interface elements now scale with your system's preferred text size, including larger accessibility sizes. iOS: Quick Capture widgets on the Lock Screen and in Control Center can now…
New Editor Added color highlights. ==🔵 Bring color to your notes!== Add a color emoji (🔴, 🟠, 🟢, 🔵, 🟣) to the start of a highlight to change its color, or pick a color from the new formatting submenu. Typing == in the editor now suggests highlight colors. Live Preview: When the cursor overlaps a highlight, an inline swatch now appears. Click it to quickly change the highlight color. Bases Added a n…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.14.0. Improvements Settings are now shown in a dismissable sheet over the app. Swipe anywhere to dismiss. iOS Native Quick Capture on iOS 26. Capture notes from the Lock Screen, Control Center, or Shortcuts without waiting for your vault to load. While editing, your capture also remains accessible through a Live Activity on the Lock…
Android: Fixed bug causing editor to accidentally switch from reading mode to edit mode while scrolling.
No longer broken macOS: Fixed files with special characters in their names sometimes not appearing in the vault. Editor: Fixed inline math in a list item or callout not rendering correctly. Live Preview: Fixed images in pop-out windows not resizing or opening fullscreen while the main window is minimized. Settings: Fixed CSS Snippet menu showing duplicate entries. Developers Improved appearance of…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.7.
No longer broken macOS: Fixed files with special characters in their names sometimes not appearing in the vault. Editor: Fixed inline math in a list item or callout not rendering correctly. Live Preview: Fixed images in pop-out windows not resizing or opening fullscreen while the main window is minimized. Settings: Fixed CSS Snippet menu showing duplicate entries. Developers Improved appearance of…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.7.
Improvements The app now waits for configuration files to finish saving when quitting to avoid the file getting corrupted. Improved "Undo close tab" behavior. Tabs now reopen in the correct tab group, and if the currently active tab is the "New tab" page, it will no longer be reused. Removed dialog to approve URI actions because it was creating even more confusion for non-technical users. 1.13 alr…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.6. New Added swipe-to-close to close tabs in the tab switcher. Improvements Tabs now animate to their new position after closing a tab from the tab switcher. The mobile toolbar settings page now shows icons next to each command. Checkboxes now scale proportionally to the font size. Minor improvements to Settings in landscape mode…
Improvements Sliders in settings now use the accent color. Removed the confirmation dialog when Obsidian receives a URI action. No longer broken Settings: Fixed bug where pressing the back button on a settings page would not always focus the setting item that opened the page. Live Preview: Fixed image not opening full screen if it contains a URL hash suffix (#). Live Preview: Fixed memory leak cau…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.6. No longer broken iOS: Fixed editor sometimes selecting entire paragraph after double-tapping on text or dragging cursor
Improvements The app now waits for configuration files to finish saving when quitting to avoid the file getting corrupted. Improved "Undo close tab" behavior. Tabs now reopen in the correct tab group, and if the currently active tab is the "New tab" page, it will no longer be reused. Settings The settings window now closes when pressing Escape. Tab and Shift-Tab now move focus to the next focusabl…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.5. New Added swipe-to-close to close tabs in the tab switcher. Improvements Tabs now animate to their new position after closing a tab from the tab switcher. The mobile toolbar settings page now shows icons next to each command. Checkboxes now scale proportionally to the font size. Minor improvements to Settings in landscape mode…
This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and new experience for working with images, including a full-screen image viewer. Settings Settings have been completely revamped with keyboard navigation, search, and new APIs for plugin developers. Settings now open in a new window. You can turn this off in Settings → Interface → Open settings in new window. Added search. You can now search…
This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and iOS Share Sheet. Scrolling large files and selecting text should also be improved on both iOS and Android. Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4. iOS Share Sheet The new iOS Share Sheet lets you save content from Safari, YouTube, and other apps without opening Obsidian. You can customize several Locations t…
Improvements The image lightbox now displays the file name of the current image. Improved layout of Page Preview settings. Settings: Download counts are now abbreviated for plugins and themes. Settings: Moved the "Interface" tab above "Editor" in the settings sidebar. Live Preview: Improved alignment of images inline with text. Live Preview: Removed extra padding around images. No longer broken Fi…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4. Improvements Improved overall appearance of settings in dark mode. No longer broken Fixed search input getting automatically focused when browsing Community plugins. iOS: Fixed the Share Sheet not including article content when sharing X links. iOS: Fixed scroll position getting lost after toggling a plugin on or off. iOS: Fix…
Improvements Live Preview: When the image is the only text on a line, the editor line height is no longer preserved to match the image height. Live Preview: Added a new selection state to image embeds. Added a "zoom" button to image embeds. The image lightbox now supports click and drag to pan within an image. File Recovery: Added keyboard navigation to the file history records. Use arrow keys to…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.3. Improvements Added "swipe down" gesture to dismiss an image in the lightbox. No longer broken Tapping an image no longer shows the keyboard. Fixed double-tap to zoom on images. Live Preview: Fixed buttons for creating new columns and new rows not working on iOS. Live Preview: Fixed a regression where "Enter" from the iOS keybo…
New New image lightbox for viewing images fullscreen. Click the image in reading mode to open it. Or in live preview, with an image selected, click or press Space to open it in the lightbox. Use arrow keys to navigate between all the images embedded in the current file. Live Preview: Added keyboard interactions when an image is selected. Press + or - to resize the selected image, and 0 to reset th…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.2. Improvements iOS: Added a `` variable to the Share Sheet template for inserting the shared link into your note. No longer broken Settings: Updated the size of toggles inside settings. Settings: Fixed the display of settings with validation errors. iOS: Fixed scrolling stopping abruptly when scrolling quickly in a large documen…
Improvements Settings Sliders now show a permanent label with the current value, shown inline next to the slider instead of in a tooltip. Searching within a settings group now automatically filters the items in that group. Navigating back now restores focus to the setting item you came from. Added support for the mouse "back" button to navigate back through settings history. Added Alt-ArrowUp and…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.1. Improvements Settings pages now have enough padding to scroll fully into view when the onscreen keyboard is showing. No longer broken iOS: Fixed app crashing when sharing screenshots via the Share Sheet. Live Preview: Fixed "Enter" from the iOS keyboard not working as expected inside Markdown lists.
This release introduces a revamped Settings panel that opens in a new window with built-in search and keyboard navigation. New Settings Settings now open in a new window. You can turn this off in Settings → Interface. Added search. You can now search for settings by name or description. This currently supports core settings and core plugins. Community plugins can migrate to the new settings API to…
Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.0. New iOS: New Share Sheet with configurable Locations. Configure Locations to point to different destinations across any of your vaults. iOS: Share Sheet now supports copying the full content of web pages, and content from other apps such as YouTube and social networks. Tabs can now be reordered from the tab switcher. Swipe to…
Improvements Obsidian CLI The Obsidian Installer is now bundled with a new binary file for using the CLI. This new method replaces the old method of calling the Electron binary, resulting in significantly faster terminal interactions. Requires downloading the latest installer. Added autocompletion for Obsidian commands to the terminal interface (TUI) when using the id= parameter. Bug fixes Obsidia…