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Export your files

Export files decrypts a vault's files on your device and saves them as normal ZIP files, with their folders. Do it for each vault you want to take out.

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Steps

  1. Open the vault, open its menu (⋮) and choose Export, then Export files.
  2. Choose Save here.
  3. Everything in the vault goes, apart from the trash. To leave something out, untick it in the tree. On Android the tree opens from What to export.
  4. Pick the ZIP file size: 1, 2 or 4 GB, or Other for 1 to 50 GB. The sheet says how many ZIP files it makes.
  5. Type the vault password and choose Export files. On Android, pick the folder the ZIP files go into.
  6. The export goes on after the window closes. A card in the vault shows how far it is. In the web app, keep the tab open until it ends.
Export files in the web app, with the vault's folders to tick.
FIG. 1Export files in the web app.

Good to know

  • The ZIP files are not encrypted. Anyone who gets them can open them, so keep them somewhere safe.
  • Email me a link in the same sheet sends a link to your account's email. Open it on a computer within 7 days and type the vault password. Emailed links in the vault menu ends a link sooner.
  • For an encrypted backup, choose Export vault under Export instead. Its .stonesafe files open only with the vault's password or recovery key.
  • Leaving Stonesafe? Export every vault, check that the ZIP files open, then write to support from your account's email to delete the account.

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