# Include secrets.h

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [November 1, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630 "2024-11-01T21:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![rwb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/rwb/32/272918_2.png) [@rwb](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/rwb)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630/1 "2024-11-01T21:11:46Z")

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I created `secrets.h` inside my `libraries` folder, but neither

```arduino
#include <secrets.h>

```

nor

```arduino
#include "secrets.h"

```

works.

Is this supposed to work somehow?

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**Author:** ![van\_der\_decken](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/van_der_decken/32/1006976_2.png) [@van\_der\_decken](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/van_der_decken)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630/2 "2024-11-01T21:15:25Z")

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You'll have to either place the `secrets.h` file in with the source files in one particular library or your system's normal include path (first case) or with the source files in your current sketch (second case). It won't be found if placed right in your `libraries` folder, as you've discovered.

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**Author:** ![UKHeliBob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/ukhelibob/32/215663_2.png) [@UKHeliBob](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/UKHeliBob)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630/3 "2024-11-01T21:18:39Z")

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Is secrets.h located in the libraries folder itself or in a folder within the libraries folder ?

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**Author:** ![rwb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/rwb/32/272918_2.png) [@rwb](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/rwb)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630/4 "2024-11-01T21:28:29Z")

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That's it; thank you 😃  
Moved it to `local/secrets.h` and it's being found now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/include-secrets-h/1317630/5 "2025-04-30T21:28:57Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2025, 9:28pm UTC

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