# .env cleartext password

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/env-cleartext-password/4853 "2025-10-01T09:18:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![smbld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@smbld](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/smbld)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/env-cleartext-password/4853/1 "2025-10-01T09:18:26Z")

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Hello,

I’m using .env file with db passord in cleartext.

How to hide these password ? It is possible to use docker secret or others ?

I did not find this in the wiki.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/env-cleartext-password/4853/2 "2025-10-01T09:32:39Z")

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See [Configuration overview · dani-garcia/vaultwarden Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Configuration-overview#loading-individual-values-from-files)