Simplenote
Simplenote is a note-taking app for writing, organizing, and syncing notes, to-do lists, and ideas across your devices.
What is Simplenote?
Simplenote is a notes app that helps you capture ideas, keep simple text notes, and manage lightweight to-do lists on Mac and other devices. It is designed for people who want a fast writing space without the complexity of a full document editor. You can organize notes with tags and pins, search them quickly, and use Markdown for basic formatting when needed. Simplenote also supports syncing so your notes stay available across computer, phone, tablet, and web sessions. Sharing and collaboration features make it useful for personal lists, reference notes, and small shared projects. Simplenote is published by Automattic and is commonly used as a straightforward productivity tool for everyday note-taking.
Key features
- Create plain text notes and simple to-do lists
- Sync notes across Mac, mobile devices, and the web
- Organize content with tags and pinned notes
- Search notes quickly with instant search
- Use Markdown for lightweight text formatting
- Share notes and collaborate with other people
- Publish notes to the web with a shareable link
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Simplenote is a legitimate note-taking app from Automattic. Its network access and cloud syncing behavior are consistent with its purpose because it stores and syncs notes across devices. Notes may contain personal or sensitive information, so review what you store in the app and use any available account security or device lock features. If you no longer use Simplenote, leaving old synced notes signed in on a shared Mac can expose your content to other users of that device.
Recommendation: Keep Simplenote if you actively use it for notes or synced lists. If you have switched to another notes app and no longer need access to your Simplenote account on this Mac, you can remove it without affecting macOS, though you may want to confirm your notes are synced or exported first.
Common paths
/Applications/Simplenote.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.automattic.SimplenoteMac
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.automattic.SimplenoteMac.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.automattic.SimplenoteMac
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