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# Manage credentials

Store and share the authentication details your workflows need, without spreading secrets across your instance.

## In this section

* [Share credentials securely](/administer/manage-credentials/share-credentials-securely.md): share credentials within an organization.
* [End-user credentials](/administer/manage-credentials/end-user-credentials.md): let each user connect their own account to a credential.
* [Credential overwrites](/administer/manage-credentials/credential-overwrites.md): set credential data globally on a self-hosted instance.
* [Use external secret stores](/administer/manage-credentials/use-external-secret-stores.md): use an external secrets vault with n8n.

## Related resources

* [Administer](/administer/readme.md)
* [Manage users and access](/administer/manage-users-and-access.md)
* [Use source control and environments](/administer/use-source-control-and-environments.md)
* [Observe and log](/administer/observe-and-log.md)