Overview

External Namespaces links Obsidian notes to files and folders outside the vault, keeping those links stable when the same synced folder — Dropbox, OneDrive, a network drive — sits at a different local path on each device. Register a short prefix (e.g. dropbox:) once per machine and matching links resolve locally on any of them.

Installation

In Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins, browse for “External Namespaces,” install, and enable. Desktop only; requires Obsidian 1.5.0+.

Example use

D:\Dropbox\papers\smith2020.pdf
→ [smith2020.pdf](obsidian://ens?p=dropbox:papers/smith2020.pdf)

Source & docs