How to create an encrypted vault in Kaspersky Total Security 20
Latest update: September 12, 2023
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Data vault is a safe data storage place on your computer. You can save data to a vault to protect it from unauthorized access.
Data vaults are opened and closed with passwords. If you lose or forget your password you will not be able to recover data from the vault.
Data vaults encrypt stored files. All files saved to a data vault will be encrypted with the AES XTS 256 block encryption algorithm with the effective key length of 56 bit.
If FAT32 file system is used on your computer you will only be able to create data vaults with the size up to 4 GB.
How to create a vault
- In the main window of Kaspersky Total Security, click More tools.
- To learn how to open the main application window, see this article.
- Go to the Data Protection section and click Data Encryption.
- Click Create new data vault.
- Drag files or folders you want to add to the vault into the designated area or click Add files and folders to data vault and select them.
- Click Continue.
- Enter the name for the vault and select its location and size. Please note that the vault must be larger than 14 MB, as it requires 11 MB for service data.
- For quick access, select the checkbox Create desktop shortcut for data vault.
- Click Continue.
- Create a password and click Continue. Please note that a password cannot be recovered.
- Select an action with the original files outside the vault:
- To delete the files outside the vault, click Delete.
- To save the files outside the vault, click Skip.
- Click Done.
The created vault will be displayed in the list of vaults. You can:
- Open the vault by clicking Open in File Explorer.
- Lock the vault by clicking Lock.
How to manage the data vault
- In the main window of Kaspersky Total Security, click More tools.
- To learn how to open the main application window, see this article.
- Go to the Data Protection section and click Data Encryption.
- Click the arrow next to the Unlock button and select an action from the drop-down list:
- Rename. Enter the new name for the vault and click Save. The vault will be renamed.
- Change password. Enter the old password and set the new password. Click Save. The password will be changed.
- Show location of data vault. The target folder will open in Windows Explorer.
- Create desktop shortcut for data vault. A shortcut will be created created.
- Delete: Enter the password for the vault and click Delete data vault. The vault will be deleted.
