diff --git a/src/components/create.vue b/src/components/create.vue
index 1ed40c6..0f393fc 100644
--- a/src/components/create.vue
+++ b/src/components/create.vue
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
       >
         <div class="col-12 mb-3">
           <label for="createSecretData">{{ $t('label-secret-data') }}</label>
-          <textarea
+          <grow-area
             id="createSecretData"
             v-model="secret"
             class="form-control"
-            rows="5"
+            :rows="2"
           />
         </div>
         <div
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 
 import appCrypto from '../crypto.js'
 import { bytesToHuman } from '../helpers'
+import GrowArea from './growarea.vue'
 import OTSMeta from '../ots-meta'
 
 const defaultExpiryChoices = [
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ const passwordCharset = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
 const passwordLength = 20
 
 export default {
+  components: { GrowArea },
+
   computed: {
     canCreate() {
       return (this.secret.trim().length > 0 || this.selectedFileMeta.length > 0) && !this.maxFileSizeExceeded && !this.invalidFilesSelected
diff --git a/src/components/growarea.vue b/src/components/growarea.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2048c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/growarea.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<template>
+  <textarea
+    ref="area"
+    v-model="data"
+    style="resize: none;"
+  />
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  created() {
+    this.data = this.value
+  },
+
+  data() {
+    return {
+      data: '',
+    }
+  },
+
+  methods: {
+    changeSize() {
+      const verticalBorderSize = this.getStyle('borderTopWidth') + this.getStyle('borderBottomWidth') || 0
+      const verticalPaddingSize = this.getStyle('paddingTop') + this.getStyle('paddingBottom') || 0
+
+      const smallestHeight = this.getStyle('lineHeight') * this.rows + verticalBorderSize + verticalPaddingSize
+      this.$refs.area.style.height = `${smallestHeight}px`
+
+      const newHeight = this.$refs.area.scrollHeight + verticalBorderSize
+      this.$refs.area.style.height = `${newHeight}px`
+    },
+
+    getStyle(name) {
+      return parseInt(getComputedStyle(this.$refs.area, null)[name])
+    },
+  },
+
+  mounted() {
+    this.changeSize()
+  },
+
+  name: 'GrowArea',
+
+  props: {
+    rows: {
+      default: 4,
+      type: Number,
+    },
+
+    value: {
+      default: '',
+      type: String,
+    },
+  },
+
+  watch: {
+    data(to, from) {
+      this.changeSize()
+      if (to !== from) {
+        this.$emit('input', to)
+      }
+    },
+
+    value(to) {
+      if (to !== this.data) {
+        this.data = to
+      }
+    },
+  },
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/secret-display.vue b/src/components/secret-display.vue
index bcb465e..4b6123d 100644
--- a/src/components/secret-display.vue
+++ b/src/components/secret-display.vue
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
           v-if="secret"
           class="input-group mb-3"
         >
-          <textarea
+          <grow-area
             class="form-control"
             readonly
             :value="secret"
-            rows="4"
+            :rows="4"
           />
           <div class="d-flex align-items-start p-0">
             <div
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ import appClipboardButton from './clipboard-button.vue'
 import appCrypto from '../crypto.js'
 import appQrButton from './qr-button.vue'
 import { bytesToHuman } from '../helpers'
+import GrowArea from './growarea.vue'
 import OTSMeta from '../ots-meta'
 
 export default {
-  components: { appClipboardButton, appQrButton },
+  components: { GrowArea, appClipboardButton, appQrButton },
 
   data() {
     return {