Sandboxie documentation

Introduction

Sandboxie is a free and open source application isolation software for Windows that lets you try and run untrusted applications without worrying about unwanted changes to your files or registry.

In a few words:

• Browse the web without fear of malicious downloads
• Install and run untrusted software without worrying about losing files or damaging your system
• Identify changes to your files and registry settings that your applications are trying to make
• Prevent applications from "calling home" or stealing your personal data

Help Topics

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• Getting Started with Sandboxie
• General Usage Tips
• Usage Manual for Sandboxie Control
• Known Conflicts
• Comparison between Sandboxie Plus and Classic
• Comparison of Resource Access Settings
• Frequenty Asked Questions
• Advanced Topics
• Technical Aspects
• SBIE Messages
• Command Line Usage
• Sandboxie Configuration File
• All Pages Index

Why this documentation is hosted on GitHub?

After Sandboxie became open source, it was decided to release the documentation in the same way, in order to be accessible and easily updated from the community. So these pages tend to be more up-to-date than the documentation available on sandboxie-plus.com and other archived sources.

Get Sandboxie

Select from two editions:

• Get Sandboxie Plus if you are a first-time user or want the latest features.
• Get Sandboxie Classic if you have used Sandboxie for a long time and prefer a familiar environment over new features.

System requirements | Changelog | Download the latest release

Contribute

If you find Sandboxie useful, then feel free to donate here.

If you have development, testing or translation skills, then check out our main GitHub repository and get started.