PRIVATE FILES. ON YOUR IPHONE.
Six considered steps. From your first private space to a backup you can keep independently. No account to create. Just your iPhone, your files and your choices.
An iPhone running iOS 18 or later
A device passcode enabled
A safe place for your recovery words
Start on an iPhone with a device passcode. Choose Create a vault, draw a pattern using at least 10 distinct points and several direction changes, then confirm it. System device authentication protects the device key.
About pattern protection
Write down the 12 generated recovery words outside this iPhone, then confirm the words Vault asks for. Each vault has its own words. They unlock existing files; they cannot replace files that are missing.
Understand recovery wordsTap Add and choose Photos & videos or Browse files. Select several items if you like. Vault encrypts its own copies and shows progress while importing. Cancelling keeps items that have already finished.
Explore importing
Browse by import date, search filenames, filter categories and choose a list or grid. Preview a file or select several for export or confirmed deletion. Exported originals become readable copies at their destination.
Explore your libraryIn Settings, open Backup & restore, create an encrypted archive and save it through Files. Verify the saved copy. Keep an independent archive outside this iPhone and its matching recovery words separately. Additions after the snapshot need another backup.
Plan your backup
Tap Lock or leave the app. A privacy cover hides inactive app windows, and reopening requires your pattern and system authentication. Use Switch vault to open a different independent space with its own pattern.
About automatic lockWHEN PLANS CHANGE
Choose Recover access, enter that vault’s matching words, then confirm a replacement pattern and new recovery words.
Recover accessSelect the archive and enter the words used when it was made. Restore creates a new vault with fresh keys and preserves existing vaults.
Understand restoreRecovery words alone cannot restore missing or deleted files. Keep originals and an independently stored, verified encrypted backup.
Make a backup planLESS PUBLIC. MORE PERSONAL.
A private home for your photos,
videos and files. On your iPhone.
