OneDrive Personal Vault is a security feature that offers robust privacy and data security. It encrypts both the data in transit and the uploaded files.
Personal Vault is a protected area that requires two-step authentication every time the user wants to access any files inside it. You can verify your identity using various methods such as a PIN, fingerprint, email, SMS, or simply your face. The Personal Vault automatically locks itself after 20 minutes of user inactivity. This prevents unauthorized access to critical files even if someone else gets access to your desktop computer, or your laptop gets stolen.
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How to Access Files in your OneDrive Vault?
There are two ways by which you can access the files in your OneDrive Vault.
You can access the files in your OneDrive Vault either from the OneDrive website, or straight from your machine that has the OneDrive client app installed.
The easiest method is to sign in to your Microsoft OneDrive account.
Another method to access the OneDrive Vault contents is to sign into OneDrive using the sync client app. If you’re using Windows 8.1/ 10/ 11, OneDrive is preinstalled. You don’t need to download it separately.
Note: The official support for the OneDrive app for Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1 has ended since January 1, 2022. However, your files will continue to sync until March 1, 2022.
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How to Bypass OneDrive Personal Vault Maximum 3 Files Limit on Free Plan?
Now, let’s get back to the topic.
As a free user, you’re restricted to only 3 files inside the Personal Vault. Thankfully, there are easy ways to bypass this restriction and store as many files as you want — all without paying a single penny.
Yes, you read that right. The idea is to compress your files into a single compressed Zip file and store that Zip file inside the Vault. This way, you can use the Personal Vault to store hundreds of files in your desired compressed file format (such as .zip, .rar, .7z, just to name a few).
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Bonus Tip
For added security, you may password-protect and encrypt the Zip file. This will provide an additional third layer of protection besides the Personal Vault authentication already offered.
To password-protect your Zip file using 7-Zip File Manager, type in your password in the Add to Archive dialog. Verify your password, select your desired Encryption Level (for example, AES-256) and then click on OK.
Unfortunately, there is no way to password-protect a Zip file using the in-house Compress to ZIP File feature in Windows 11.