Canonical: https://hideroom.app/important-papers
Title: Important papers
Updated: 2026-10-24

# A private room for your important papers.

Passports, ID cards, birth certificates, insurance cards and photos of recovery words, encrypted on your phone and backed up, with no account.

- Encrypted on your phoneAES-256-GCM, before anything leaves it
- Verified backupsEvery upload read back
- No accountNo email, no sign-in
- Export always freeOn every plan, forever

## What fits

- All
- IDs
- Certificates
- Crypto
- Insurance

* Passport

  Renew soon

* ID card

  Expires 2031

* Birth certificate

  Scanned

* Insurance card

  PDF

## Scan it straight

The camera’s document mode finds the edges and straightens the page. PDFs come in from Files.

## Recovery words

Hidden until you hold, never offered for sharing, and the clipboard clears itself after 60 seconds. A photo of recovery words is only as safe as the phone, so keep a paper or metal copy for larger amounts.

[Is it safe to take a photo of your seed phrase?](https://hideroom.app/guides/is-it-safe-to-take-a-photo-of-your-seed-phrase)

## What we’ll never claim

- That Hideroom is the safest place for a seed phrase.
- That it replaces a hardware wallet or a metal backup.

## A good routine

- Draw a long pattern for the room that holds your papers.
- Write that room’s recovery phrase down and keep it away from the phone.
- Keep seed phrases on paper or metal too.

Everything you add is encrypted on your phone with AES-256-GCM before anything is backed up, and nobody else holds the keys. [How Hideroom keeps it safe](https://hideroom.app/security)

## Questions people ask

### Is Hideroom a document vault?

Yes: a document vault on your phone. Passports, IDs, certificates, insurance cards and recovery words go in a private room, encrypted on the phone before anything is backed up, and only you hold the keys. Scan a page with Hideroom’s camera and it straightens it, and you can export any document as a PDF, free on every plan.

### Is it safe to keep a photo of my passport on my phone?

Safer in Hideroom than in your camera roll: it will be encrypted on the phone and open only for you: with your pattern on this phone, or the room’s recovery phrase on a new one. Lock that room with a long pattern. [More on passport photos](https://hideroom.app/guides/is-it-safe-to-keep-a-photo-of-your-passport-on-your-phone).

### Can I keep my seed phrase in Hideroom?

You can, and it’s encrypted. But a photo of recovery words is only as safe as the phone, so for larger amounts keep a paper or metal copy too.

### Can Hideroom remind me when my passport expires?

Type the expiry date and the document shows a Renew soon chip in the app. Reminders come later, because notifications would show the app’s name.

### What happens to my papers if I lose my phone?

Restore the room on a new phone with its recovery phrase. It comes back from the encrypted backup in your own iCloud; Hideroom never holds it.