{
  "slug": "google-keep",
  "name": "Google Keep",
  "maker": "Google",
  "category": "notes",
  "verdict": "n",
  "answer": "No. Google can read your Google Keep notes. Keep has no way to lock a note with a key only you hold.",
  "title": "Is Google Keep encrypted? Who can read your notes",
  "description": "Google can read your Google Keep notes, and Keep has no way to lock a note with a key only you hold. Checked at the source.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "note",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Google can read it",
      "note": "Keep has no option to seal or lock notes as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Your notes and docs"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Google can read it",
      "note": "People you share a note with can edit it, and Google can read it too.",
      "sources": [
        2,
        1
      ],
      "label": "Shared with others"
    },
    {
      "key": "pq",
      "status": "x",
      "words": "Not yet",
      "note": "No post-quantum protection for stored notes announced as of 25 October 2026, though Google has added it to connections to some of its servers.",
      "sources": [
        4
      ],
      "label": "Post-quantum"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Google holds the keys to your notes.",
  "can_see": "Your notes themselves, including images, drawings and voice recordings, and the people you share them with.",
  "business": null,
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": null,
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "can-google-read-my-keep-notes",
      "q": "Can Google read my Google Keep notes?",
      "a": "Yes. Google's privacy policy says it collects the content you create in its services, and uses automated systems that analyze your content, for example to detect spam, malware and illegal content [1]. Your Keep notes are part of that content."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-i-lock-a-google-keep-note",
      "q": "Can I lock or password protect a Google Keep note?",
      "a": "No. Keep has no lock, password or end-to-end encryption for notes as of 25 October 2026. Google's help for Keep covers sharing and editing notes, but not locking them [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "google-keep-on-business-plans",
      "q": "Do Google's business plans seal Keep notes?",
      "a": "No. Google's client-side encryption for business and school plans works in Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Meet [3]. Keep isn't on that list."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Google Privacy Policy (effective 16 October 2026)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Share notes, lists & drawings (Google Keep Help)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/keep/answer/6101196?hl=en",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Client-side encryption user experience overview (Google Workspace Help)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/security/client-side-encryption-user-experience-overview",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "PQC in Plaintext: Google Cloud's post-quantum cryptography roadmap (12 August 2026)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/pqc-in-plaintext-google-clouds-post-quantum-cryptography-roadmap",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "google-docs",
    "apple-notes",
    "notion",
    "microsoft-word"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/google-keep/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}