# Install InventExplorer manually

1. Close Obsidian, or be ready to reload it after copying the files.
2. Unzip `inventexplorer.zip` into your vault's `.obsidian/plugins/` directory.
3. Confirm that this path exists:
   `.obsidian/plugins/inventexplorer/manifest.json`.
4. Start or reload Obsidian.
5. Open **Settings -> Community plugins**, then enable **InventExplorer**.

The archive already contains the top-level `inventexplorer/` directory. Do not
create a second nested `inventexplorer/inventexplorer/` directory.

Your personal plugin settings are stored separately in `data.json`. Release
archives intentionally never contain that file, so installing an update does
not replace your existing configuration.
