Open VDATA files in your browser
The photos and videos Vaulty hides on Android phones. Open one right here, as the picture or video it is, without Vaulty. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your hidden photo or video opens as itself, the photo to zoom or the video to play.
- Photos • Zoom, details and where they were taken
- Videos • Play, pause and drag the timeline
- Nothing to unlock • Only hidden, never encrypted
- Export • Save as JPEG, PNG or MP4
About VDATA
Vaulty is an Android app that hides photos and videos behind a PIN. It moves each one into its own folder as a .vdata file, so the phone's gallery no longer lists it, and people find these files when they change phones, back up a memory card or uninstall the app.
A VDATA is not encrypted: it's the photo or video as it was, a JPEG, PNG, GIF or MP4, with the word obscured written before its first byte, which is enough to stop a gallery from showing it. The PIN only locks the app.
Filepeek skips that word and opens what follows as the file it is: a photo in the image viewer, with its details and the place it was taken, or a video in the player. Export saves the photo or video as a normal file any gallery shows.
Vaulty's hidden photo or video
.vdata
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Squid Tooth, for Vaulty
Inside the file
- Holds
- A photo or a video
- Before it
- The word obscured, 8 bytes
- Encrypted
- No, only hidden
- Written by
- Vaulty for Android
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens VDATA files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on phones too. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open VDATA
- WindowsNo app built in opens it
- MacNo app built in opens it
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidVaulty, the app that hid it
Questions
How do I open a VDATA file without Vaulty?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a VDATA. The photo or video inside opens as itself.
Can I get the normal photo back?
Yes. Choose Export and save it as a JPEG or PNG, or save the video as MP4, and any gallery shows it.
Is my PIN needed?
No. Vaulty hides files without encrypting them, so the photo or video opens without the PIN, and the file stays on your device.