# Sandbox vault

Obsidian’s sandbox vault is a feature that lets you explore various functionalities without affecting your existing data. This vault is helpful both as a learning tool and for debugging issues. It helps determine if a problem is caused by a plugin, theme, or the application itself.

The sandbox vault is not available on mobile devices. However, you can download a copy from the Obsidian Help repository for use on mobile.

# Opening the sandbox vault

You can open the sandbox vault in multiple ways. In all cases, it opens separately from your current vault.

Left Sidebar

Expand the left sidebar ( ).
Next to the vault switcher, press the Help icon ( ).
Select Open next to the Sandbox vault option.

Command Palette

Enable the command palette core plugin.
Open the command palette.
Search for Open sandbox vault.
Press Enter or select the item to open the sandbox vault.

# Close the sandbox vault

To close the sandbox vault, close the Obsidian Sandbox vault window.