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# Remove or delete a vault

**What you'll do:** Take a vault off this device, or delete it permanently — with a clear understanding of what each option keeps.

**Why it matters:** "Remove" can mean three very different things. Choosing the wrong one either leaves data behind or destroys it irreversibly.

### The three options <a href="#the-three-options" id="the-three-options"></a>

| Option                   | Local data | Cloud data | Reversible?              |
| ------------------------ | ---------- | ---------- | ------------------------ |
| **Hide from vault list** | Kept       | Kept       | Yes — restore it later   |
| **Delete local data**    | Removed    | Kept       | Yes — restore from cloud |
| **Delete everything**    | Removed    | Removed    | **No — permanent**       |

**Steps**

1. Open the vault's context menu (three-dot icon or right-click).
2. Choose **Remove** and pick one of the three options above.
3. For **Delete everything**, confirm carefully — this permanently destroys the vault on both the device and the cloud, and it cannot be undone.

**Good to know**

* **Hide** is the gentle choice — it declutters your list without any data loss, and you can restore the vault later.
* **Delete local** frees space on the device while keeping the cloud copy for a future restore (with your keys).
* **Delete everything** securely wipes the associated keys, making the ciphertext unrecoverable by anyone — the intended, irreversible outcome.

**Common mistakes**

* **Choosing "Delete everything" when you meant "Hide."** Read the option before confirming — the first two are recoverable; the third is not.
* **Deleting local data and expecting the recovery key to bring back a&#x20;*****deleted-everything*****&#x20;vault.** Once the cloud copy is gone too, nothing can restore it.