How saving a note works
- Write your note above. On this page, Editable note and Never are already selected.
- Press Create link. You get two links.
- The read link opens the note on any device. Share it, bookmark it or turn it into a QR code.
- The sender link is private. It opens an editor where you can change the note or delete it. Bookmark it and don’t share it.
There’s no account, so the sender link is your key. TxtVanish never asks for your email, so it can’t be sent to you again. Save it somewhere you’ll find it, such as your browser bookmarks or a password manager.
Read link and edit link
| Read link | Sender link | |
|---|---|---|
| Shows the latest text | Yes | Yes |
| Can edit the note | No | Yes |
| Can delete the note | No | Yes |
| Shows when it was opened | No | Yes |
| Safe to share | Yes | No, keep it private |
What people keep in a note
- House information for flatmates or guests: Wi-Fi, bin days, how the heating works. Update it when something changes, and the same link stays current.
- Instructions for a pet sitter or babysitter, with the vet’s number and feeding times.
- A draft you’re moving between computers: write at home, finish at work, no USB stick or email to yourself.
- A packing list or a shopping list you open on your phone and edit on your laptop.
- Notes from a call you want to share with a client without sending an attachment.
Hosting text for other people to read
The read link is a clean page with a copy and a download button, so it works well for handing text to a handful of people. It isn’t for publishing to the world, though. Note pages tell search engines not to index them, so people only find a note if you give them the link. That’s the point for private notes, but if you want something discoverable on Google, publish it on a blog or a public paste site instead.
How long notes are kept
You choose when you save it: a day, a week, a month, a date you pick, or no expiry at all. You can delete a note from its sender link at any time. Each note holds up to 32 KB of text, around 5,000 words, and can carry one attached file of up to 10 MB, which is deleted after 7 days.
Keep your own copy of anything you can’t afford to lose. A note is a convenient place to keep text, not a backup.