# Obsidian Footnotes [[Obsidian]] supports two footnote styles, both rendered as numbered superscripts that jump to the note's footer. ## Reference footnotes ``` Some claim that needs a source.[^1] [^1]: The source, with full details. ``` The definition can live anywhere in the file; Obsidian renders all footnotes at the bottom in Reading view. Labels don't have to be numbers (`[^source]` works) and get renumbered automatically on render. ## Inline footnotes ``` Some claim that needs a source.^[The source, right here inline.] ``` Faster to write, and the definition stays next to the text. The trade-off: long inline footnotes clutter the source (see [[Obsidian Editing Modes|Source mode]]). ## Good to know - Footnotes are part of many Markdown dialects but not CommonMark itself; most static site generators and Ghost handle `[^1]`, few handle the inline `^[...]` form. Prefer reference footnotes for anything that will be published. - Footnotes inside [[Obsidian Embeds|embeds]] render within the embedded fragment, not merged into the host note. ## References - Basic formatting syntax (footnotes): https://help.obsidian.md/Editing+and+formatting/Basic+formatting+syntax#Footnotes ## Related - [[Obsidian]] - [[Obsidian Flavored Markdown]] - [[Markdown]] - [[Obsidian Editing Modes]]