Backup

This section of the ID Vault Control Center offers two ways to back up the information on your ID Vault: 1) copy the information stored in your ID Vault to a secure file or 2) print out the information (and place the printout in a safe location away from your PC.

Backing up to a Secure File

  1. Click 'Back up my account information to a secure file' and ID Vault will prompt you to select a file name and location for your back up file. Note: Your current Master PIN will be used to protect this file.
  2. Select a location to save the secure file and if desired, a new file name. You can save the file the same way you save any other file - to an external storage device such as a flash drive, or on another computer. This file is password protected and in a unique format that can only be used by importing it into the ID Vault application.

Restoring from a Secure File

  1. Click 'Restore my account information to a secure file' and ID Vault will prompt you to select an ID Vault file to restore. You must have previously created a back up from ID Vault in order to perform a restore. Note: The Master PIN that was in force at the time the file was saved must be used to unlock the file.
  2. Select the file to restore and click 'Open'.
  3. When prompted, enter the Master PIN that was in force at the time the backup file was saved.
  4. ID Vault will display a message confirming that the restore is complete. Your restored accounts and credit cards will then appear in your ID Vault menu.

Creating a printed copy of the information

  1. Click Print a list of my account information. ID Vault will prepare your information for printing. This may take a few moments.
  2. Follow your printer's prompts to print your Backup Report.
  3. Your Backup Report contains the URL, username and password for each of the accounts on your ID Vault, along with your credit card information. Please keep your Backup Report in a secure place.