Use your Private Vault

The Private Vault is a part of Vault that only you can open. Files and their names are encrypted on your device before they are uploaded, so Atlandrak stores them but can't see them.

Steps

1. Open Vault → Private Vault.
2. Choose Set up Private Vault and pick a passphrase of at least 10 characters.
3. Save the recovery key you are shown: write it down or save it as a text file somewhere safe, away from your device.
4. Choose Add files or drag files onto the page. Each file is encrypted before it leaves your device.
5. Choose Open or Download to decrypt a file on your device.
6. Choose Lock when you are done. It also locks by itself after 15 minutes without activity and when you close the page.

Good to know

• If you forget your passphrase, choose I forgot my passphrase and type your recovery key to set a new one.
• If you lose both the passphrase and the recovery key, nobody can open the files, including Atlandrak. You can only delete the Private Vault and start again.
• Files in the Private Vault count toward your storage and can be up to 500 MB each.
• Deleting a private file removes it at once; private files don't go to the trash.
• Change your passphrase or make a new recovery key in Settings. A new recovery key replaces the old one.
• Private files can't be shared, previewed by Atlandrak or found by search, because only your device can read them.