Manually Back Up or Transfer Vaulty Files

If you prefer not to use Google Drive sync or want a second backup, you can manually copy your Vaulty files to another location. Here’s how.

⚠️ Online Backup and manual copies are both supported. Finish a manual transfer before starting Online Backup on the new phone. If you want to use both, copy the whole Vaulty folder to the new phone before opening Vaulty for the first time. Then open Vaulty, allow file access (All files access), wait until all your files show, and only then connect Online Backup. Never copy vault files onto a phone that’s already restoring from Online Backup.

📱 Where Files Are Stored on Your Phone

Vaulty saves hidden files in your Vault Location (Menu (≡) > Settings > Media > Vault Location), usually Documents/Vaulty.

The files themselves are in the data folder inside it. Each file is renamed and saved in .vdata format to protect your privacy.

Note: For performance and compatibility reasons, Vaulty uses a bunch of folders with short names to separate the files stored in the data folder.

📦 What to Move

To back up all your hidden files:

  1. Open a file manager app.
  2. Go to your Vault Location (Menu (≡) > Settings > Media > Vault Location), usually Documents/Vaulty.
  3. Copy that entire folder (usually named Vaulty) to your computer, cloud storage, or external device.

Tip: After you copy your Vaulty folder to a memory card or USB drive, remove the card or unplug the drive before you open Vaulty again. If Vaulty finds the copy while it’s connected, it may move those files into your vault and delete them from the card or drive, so that copy is no longer a backup, and your items could show up twice.

🔁 To Transfer to Another Device

  1. Before opening Vaulty on the new phone for the first time, copy the whole Vaulty folder into the new phone’s internal storage at Documents/Vaulty. You can use a USB cable or an SD card.
    • Using an SD card? Copy the folder from the card into the new phone’s internal Documents/Vaulty. Don’t run Vaulty straight from the card. Then take the SD card out before you open Vaulty for the first time. If the card is still in, Vaulty may move files between the card and the phone, so the card stops being a separate backup, and your items could show up twice. Keep the card until you’ve checked that all your files are there.
  2. Open Vaulty and allow file access (All files access) when asked.
  3. If your files don’t appear: In your main vault, go to Menu (≡) > Settings > Media and tap Scan once. Tap it only once.

📝 Good to Know

  • Your vault passwords don’t transfer. Vaulty asks ‘Some vaults are not accessible by password. Fix passwords now?’ Tap Fix to set them in Settings > Vaults.

🔐 Be sure to move the files before uninstalling Vaulty on the original device or doing a factory reset.

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