Apps Set up OneDrive Personal Vault in Windows 11 and Windows 10

This tutorial will show you how to set up Personal Vault in OneDrive for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

You can use OneDrive to sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at OneDrive.live.com. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically.

Personal Vault is a protected area in OneDrive where you can store your most important or sensitive files and photos without sacrificing the convenience of anywhere access.

Your locked files in Personal Vault have an extra layer of security keeping them more secured in the event that someone gains access to your account or your device.

Personal Vault is available from OneDrive on the web, the mobile app, and from your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. You’ll need to set it up separately on each device where you want to use it.

Personal Vault automatically locks after a period of inactivity and then you need to unlock it to get at your files again. You can manually lock your and unlock Personal Vault at any time.

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Personal Vault is available for OneDrive home and personal plans, not available in OneDrive for business, or work and school accounts.

EXAMPLE: OneDrive Personal Vault





Here's How:

1 Open OneDrive.

2 Perform one of the available options below you want: (see screenshots below)

• Click/tap on the OneDrive notification icon on the taskbar system tray, and click/tap on Get started for "Meet your Personal Vault".
• Click/tap on the OneDrive notification icon on the taskbar system tray, click/tap on the Help & Settings (gear) button, and click/tap on Unlock Personal Vault.

3 Click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)


4 Click/tap on Allow. (see screenshot below)


5 Select a verification method you want to use, and follow any other instructions to verify. (see screenshots below)


6 Your Personal Vault is now all set up, and will now open. (see screenshots below)




That's it,
Shawn Brink