Private document organizer for Windows

Organize your documents.
Keep them on your PC.

Keep your IDs, invoices, insurance and personal records together in an encrypted vault. Add the details you need, find documents by their saved text, and see which ones are about to expire.

Annual subscription with a one-month full-featured trial, or a Lifetime purchase. See the options.

Folio Vault main window showing a folder tree, a document list with expiry status, and a PDF invoice preview beside the list
Encrypted at rest No cloud, no account in the app On-device OCR search Password-protected backups

INSIDE FOLIO VAULT

Find the paperwork you need,
with its details.

For anyone managing personal or household paperwork: store your files, organize their details, and keep a history of addresses, travel and work. Here is each part of the app.

01 / FOLDERS & FIELDS

Structure that fits what you actually keep

Nest folders and give each one its own fields — a 2026 tax folder can carry its own reporting period, amount and review status.

Folders & fields · 2026Six custom fields

Folders and fields settings for a nested 2026 tax folder with its own custom fields
01Your hierarchy
Rename, nest and reorder folders as your paperwork actually grows.
02Typed fields
Text, Number and Date fields per folder become sortable, filterable columns.
03Columns follow
Each folder’s list shows its own fields, not a lowest common denominator.

02 / RECORDS

The other half of your paperwork

Addresses, travel and work history as structured Records — partial dates, ranges, locations, summaries, and links to the Documents that back them up.

All records · 9 items3 record folders

Records module listing addresses, travel history, and work history entries with start and end dates, and a selected record's timing, location, and summary
01Partial dates
Year, month or day precision, points or ranges, and ongoing ranges — for the dates you only half remember.
02Eight field kinds
Short and long text, integer, decimal, yes/no, date, single choice, multiple choice.
03Linked documents
A record can point at the documents that evidence it, in the same encrypted vault.

03 / UPCOMING EXPIRIES

What has lapsed, and what lapses next

One view for expired documents and anything inside the next 30 days — passport included.

Upcoming expiries · 3 itemsStatus from Expiry Date

Upcoming Expiries view showing expired and expiring-soon documents with status labels
01Derived status
Computed from each document’s Expiry Date in whole local days; nothing to configure.
02Lapsed stays visible
Expired items remain here until actioned, so they are not lost.
03No silent alerts
Status is visible every time you open the app — deliberately no background notifications.

04 / DOCUMENT EDITOR

From the page into the right field

Target a field, then extract its value straight from the document with on-device OCR — expiry dates, ID numbers, amounts.

Document editor · OCR ready

Document editor showing a passport alongside ID Number, Issuing Authority and Issue Date fields with OCR controls
01Per-field OCR
Extract into exactly the field you choose, with the source location remembered.
02On this device
The Windows OCR engine runs locally; nothing is uploaded.
03Manual when needed
Every extracted value stays editable — OCR is an accelerator, not an authority.

05 / BACKUP & EXPORT

Boundaries are explicit

An encrypted backup with its own password — or a readable export with the consequence written on the button. Nothing leaves the vault by accident.

Settings · Backup & data

Back up or export vault dialog offering an encrypted backup or an explicitly labeled readable export
01Encrypted backup
A portable archive protected by a separate backup password; the only format that restores.
02Readable export
Deliberate and labeled: anyone with that copy can read its contents.
03Restore is safe
Restoring always creates a new vault; it can never overwrite one you already have.

ONE-MINUTE TOUR

Watch Folio Vault
at work.

Watch the columns change as you move between Invoices, IDs and a nested tax folder. Then see expiry tracking, document search and personal records in use.

MP4 · 1080p · 65 secondsNo narrationDemonstration data

PRIVACY

Your documents
stay on your PC.

Folio Vault stores your documents, records, field values and recognized text in local encrypted vaults. It does not upload them to a cloud service.

Your files stay on your PC

Vaults live in local storage, always encrypted at rest. Unlock one with your Windows account or a vault password, and keep its recovery key somewhere safe. There is no sync service, no companion cloud, and no account inside the app.

OCR without uploads

Text recognition uses the on-device OCR engine built into Windows. Folio Vault does not upload documents or OCR text for processing.

Preview without making extra files

Document preview, editing and OCR read decrypted content in memory. Folio Vault does not create ordinary unencrypted preview files on your disk.

You choose what to share

Export a readable copy when you need to send a document or open it in another app. That copy is outside your vault’s protection. Use a password-protected backup when you want the copy to stay encrypted.

Microsoft Store purchases and license checks need a network connection. There is no automatic cloud backup or sync; you choose when and where to make a backup. Diagnostic logs stay on your machine unless you share them. Full details in the privacy policy.

PRICING & LICENSING

Annual or Lifetime.
The same full app.

Prices shown are US Microsoft Store prices. Microsoft Store handles billing and shows the current price, trial eligibility and available offers for your account and region.

Subscription

Annual

$19.99per year

The Annual subscription offers a one-month full-featured trial. After the trial, it renews as a paid yearly subscription unless you cancel. Manage or cancel it through your Microsoft account.

One-time purchase

Lifetime

$39.99one-time

Pay once for a Lifetime license with no recurring subscription charge. It includes the same features as Annual. Microsoft Store license verification still applies.

If your trial or subscription expires without an active license, the app locks. Your vaults stay on your PC; license expiry does not delete them. Offline access lasts up to 48 hours after a successful Store check, provided your license has not expired.

QUESTIONS

Before you
get started.

Ask us something
Is my data stored in the cloud?

No. Folio Vault keeps your vaults on your PC and does not sync them between devices. Documents, records and OCR text are not uploaded. Microsoft Store purchases and license checks use the network. You choose where to save or share any exported files.

What file types can I store and preview?

Import PDF, PNG, JPG/JPEG, TIF/TIFF, BMP, DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, and TXT. PDFs, images, and text files preview inside the app. Word and Excel files are stored and exportable, but are not previewed inside the app.

What does document search cover?

Documents search matches titles, original filenames, folder names and saved field values, plus text already indexed in the vault. TXT files are indexed on import. Background OCR reads supported images and up to the first three pages of a PDF, when Windows OCR and local rendering are available. It does not index Word or Excel contents, and recognition may miss text. Select All Documents to search across document folders; Records has its own search.

How do folder fields become columns?

In Folders & fields, add Text, Number or Date fields to a document folder. Enter values for each document, then open that folder to see its fields as sortable, filterable columns. Each folder has its own fields, including nested folders.

What exactly happens when the trial ends?

If your Annual subscription renews as a paid plan, you keep access. If the trial expires without an active Annual or Lifetime license, the app locks. Your vaults remain on your PC. Activate a license to use the app and unlock your vaults again.

Does it work offline?

You can organize and search your local vault offline for up to 48 hours after a successful Microsoft Store license check, as long as your license remains valid. After that, the app needs a connection to verify your license again. This applies to Lifetime purchases too.

What if I forget my vault password?

Every vault has a recovery key you’re asked to keep safe; it unlocks the vault in both protection modes. If a password-protected vault loses both its password and its recovery key, the data cannot be recovered. Keep the recovery key outside the vault.

Does uninstalling delete my vaults?

No. Uninstalling removes the app but leaves vaults, settings, and logs on your PC. To remove a vault’s data, open that vault and use Delete this vault in Settings. This permanently deletes its documents and records after confirmation.

What does it run on?

Windows 10 (build 17763) or later and Windows 11, x64. Folio Vault is a native Windows desktop app — there is no macOS, Linux, mobile, or web version.

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YOUR PAPERWORK, IN ONE PLACE

Start with one folder.
Keep the whole archive.

Import a few documents, give the folder its columns, and let the expiry dates keep track of themselves.

Get it on theMicrosoft Store

Windows 10 (build 17763) or later · Windows 11 · x64

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