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Vault Deletion

Necron Vault Manager provides controlled vault deletion with clear warnings. You can delete individual storage locations from a vault or delete the entire vault along with all its encrypted files.

Deleting a Storage Location

To remove a single storage location from a vault:

  1. Open the vault in the sidebar
  2. In the right-hand inspector panel, find the location you want to remove
  3. Click the Delete location action on the location card
  4. Confirm in the warning dialog

Warning

Deleting a location permanently removes all encrypted files at that storage path. Your other locations remain intact and unaffected. If this is the only location, the entire vault is deleted.

Deleting an Entire Vault

To delete a vault and all its storage locations:

  1. Open the vault in the sidebar
  2. In the inspector panel, click the Delete vault button
  3. Confirm in the warning dialog

Danger

Vault deletion permanently destroys all encrypted files at all storage locations. There is no undo. If you need any files from the vault, decrypt and export them first.

What Gets Deleted

Vault deletion removes only the encrypted vault data. It does not affect:

  • Other vaults
  • Your original files (those were never stored in the vault — only encrypted copies)
  • Your Key Drive's key material
  • Other applications' data

Recovering from Accidental Deletion

If you accidentally delete a vault:

  • Check offline locations — if some locations were offline during deletion, the data may still be there
  • Check cloud trash — some cloud providers (Dropbox, Google Drive) keep deleted files in a trash folder for a limited time
  • Original files — if you still have the original unencrypted files, you can create a new vault and re-import them

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