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Auto Archive

shanedonburkeshanedonburke4k downloads

Automatically archive notes once they reach a certain age.

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Are you tired of dragging your daily notes to an archive all the time? The Auto Archive plugin for Obsidian provides a convenient way to archive notes once they reach a certain age.

It's highly configurable: you specify which notes should be archived, where they should go, and at what age.

Installation

  1. Open the Settings window in Obsidian.
  2. Go to the Community plugins tab.
  3. Click Browse.
  4. Search for "Auto Archive", then click Install.
  5. Return to the Community plugins tab, then enable the plugin.

Configuration

  1. Open the Settings window.
  2. Go to the Auto Archive tab.
  3. Add one or more archive configurations, and you're good to go!

Attribution

This plugin uses code from the Period Notes plugin by Liam Cain. Buy Liam a coffee here.

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Archive notes automatically once they reach a specified age. Specify which notes to archive and where to move them to keep your vault organized without manual dragging.
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Details
Current version
1.0.7
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
3 years ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
4k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
shanedonburkeshanedonburke
github.com/shanedonburke
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  1. Community
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  4. Auto Archive

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