Import and Hide Photos, Videos and Files
Add photos, videos and documents to your Vaultine vault, then remove the unencrypted originals so no copy is left outside the vault.
Everything you add to Vaultine is encrypted on your device as it comes in, with AES-256-GCM. You can add photos, videos and documents, one at a time or many at once.
Add files to your vault
- Unlock Vaultine with your pattern or PIN and open the vault you want to use.
- Choose to add files, then pick them from your device. You can select several at once.
- Wait for the import to finish. Large videos take a little longer.
You can organise files into folders inside a vault on every plan. Importing a whole folder, with its structure kept, is a Pro feature.
Free limit: the free version holds up to 10 files in one vault. Vaultine Pro removes the limit and lets you create more vaults. There's no built-in file size limit: a file can be as large as your device storage allows.
Remove the originals
Adding a file to the vault encrypts a copy. Check whether the original is still where it came from. If it is, it's still unprotected, so delete it there:
- Mac: delete the original, then empty the Trash.
- iPhone and iPad: delete it in Photos or Files, then remove it from Recently Deleted too. Photos keeps deleted items there for up to 30 days.
- Android: delete it in your gallery or file manager, then empty that app's trash or bin.
- Windows: delete the original, then empty the Recycle Bin.
If your photo library syncs to a cloud service, the original may also be in that cloud. Check there as well. For why hiding a photo isn't the same as encrypting it, see Photo Vault vs. Hiding Photos.
If an import is interrupted
If Vaultine closes, crashes or loses power during an import, your original file stays untouched until its encrypted copy is completely saved in the vault. Open Vaultine again and import any files that didn't make it.
View and export files
Open photos, videos, audio and PDFs inside the vault with the built-in viewer. You don't have to decrypt them to a normal folder first.
To take files back out, export them from the vault. An exported file is a normal, unencrypted file again, so treat it like one.
Good to know
- Antivirus software can't scan files while they're encrypted in the vault. Scan anything you're unsure about before you import it.
- Your vault lives on this device. To get the same files on another device, use encrypted Dropbox sync (Pro) or move your encrypted vault folders yourself.