# Community plugins

Learn how to extend Obsidian with plugins built by the community. Use plugins to adapt Obsidian to fit your specific needs, such as support for additional file formats or integrating with a third-party service.

# Browse community plugins

1. Open Settings.
2. Select Turn on community plugins. For more information, refer to Restricted Mode.
3. Select Browse to list all available community plugins.

Use the text box to filter plugins based on their name, author, and description.

You can also browse available plugins in your browser, by heading to obsidian.md/plugins.

# Install a community plugin

To install a community plugin, you must first turn off Restricted Mode.

1. Open Settings.
2. In the side menu, select Community plugins.
3. Select Browse to explore available community plugins.
4. Select the plugin you want to install.
5. Select Install.

To use an installed plugin, you need to enable it.

# Enable a community plugin

Either select Enable directly after installing it, or enable it from the list of Community plugins under Settings → Community plugins → Installed plugins.

# Update plugins

For security purposes, community plugins don't update automatically. You can either update all plugins at once, or update individual plugins.

To update all your plugins:

1. Open Settings.
2. Under Community plugins → Current plugins, select Check for updates.
3. If updates are available, select Update all.

To update an individual plugin:

1. Open Settings.
2. Under Community plugins → Current plugins, select Check for updates.
3. Under Installed plugins, select Update next to the plugin you want to update.

# Uninstall a community plugin

1. Open Settings.
2. In the side menu, select Community plugins.
3. Under Installed plugins, select the trash ( ) icon next to the plugin you want to uninstall.
4. Select Uninstall to confirm.

# Manage installed plugins

Under Settings → Community plugins → Installed plugins, each plugin has several icons for managing it:

• Settings ( ) — Open the plugin's settings page if it has configurable options.
• Hotkeys ( ) — Set keyboard shortcuts for the plugin's commands.
• Funding ( ) — View the plugin author's funding URL to support their work.
• Uninstall ( ) — Remove the plugin from your vault.
• Toggle — Enable or disable the plugin without uninstalling it.

You can also:

• Select the refresh icon to reload all plugins.
• Select the folder ( ) icon to open the plugins folder in your configuration folder.
• Use the search bar to filter plugins by name.

# Learn more

Ready to build your own community plugin? Learn how to Build a plugin.