How can I change my password?

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What happens exactly when I change password of a vault?

I know that the encryption and MAC keys are derived from the password using masterkey.cryptomator and these keys are used to decrypt/encrypt the files. But when I change password of a vault, what happens exactly? I am able to read old files and also create new files, but the old password is gone which means the old encryption and MAC keys are gone which means I shouldn’t be able to read the old files but I am. Thanks in advance.

In short: Changing the password does not mean that the contents are being reencrypted. This functionality just gives you the option to change the password for the same underlying masterkey. If you’d like to generate a new masterkey, you have to create a new vault.