# Why you cannot edit a note inside NeuralVault

The Library viewer is read-only by design in this build. Edit your notes in any text editor on the folder itself; NeuralVault reads the same files straight back.

*https://perpetualtechnologies.co.uk/support/vault-is-read-only — last checked 2026-09-08*

## Steps

1. Open a note in the Library to read it. There is no edit button and no way to change its text from inside this screen.
2. To change a note, open the vault folder in any text editor you already use, Notepad, VS Code, Obsidian, and edit the Markdown file directly. NeuralVault reads the same file back with nothing to reconcile.
3. Link one note to another with [[Note title]], the same convention Obsidian uses. An alias works too: [[real-note-name|what you want to call it]].
4. There is no per-note backlinks panel and no whole-vault link graph reachable in this build: a wikilink connects two notes, but nothing on screen shows you that connection from either end.

## How to tell it worked

A change you make in an external editor shows up in the Library the next time you open that note.

## If it does not work

**You are looking for an edit button on a note.**

There is not one in this build. The viewer is deliberately read-only until the save path underneath it is safe to build an editor on.

**You want to see what links to a specific note, or a graph of the whole vault.**

Neither exists in the build you can download. The code for a whole-vault link graph is in the source tree but is not wired into any screen, so it cannot be reached from the app itself.

**The vault link count on the Vault screen sits on "counting…" for a while.**

Normal on a large vault: getting the real number means reading every note. It resolves to a count or to "unavailable" on a genuine failure, never to a false zero.

## Related guides

- [Find, choose or move your vault](https://perpetualtechnologies.co.uk/support/where-your-vault-lives)
- [Why a note you know exists does not turn up in search](https://perpetualtechnologies.co.uk/support/how-search-actually-works)

## Still stuck

Bug reports belong in the app, in Settings, About. Those carry no contact details, so they
get fixed rather than answered. To get a reply, email us instead: that route targets two
business days. https://perpetualtechnologies.co.uk/contact