Vaults
Vault protection gives a list’s contents an extra layer of encryption. It is for the lists where it is not enough that other people cannot easily open them.
This is a different feature from locking a list. Locking controls whether the app will open a list on a device. Vault protection changes how the contents are stored. You can use either, or both.
Protecting a list
Section titled “Protecting a list”Choose Protect with Vault on the list. Marvelist encrypts its contents and gives you a recovery code.
Recovery
Section titled “Recovery”If you need to recover a Vault-protected list you are asked to verify your recovery code.
Recovering issues a new code, and the previous code stops working at that point. Replace the copy you saved rather than keeping the old one.
Removing protection
Section titled “Removing protection”Vault protection can be removed from a list, and can be applied again later. Removing it returns the list to being stored like any other.
How many you get
Section titled “How many you get”Every account can protect one list for free. Protecting more is a Premium feature, so if you want most of your sensitive lists encrypted rather than your single worst one, that is the reason to upgrade.
Kept from the assistant
Section titled “Kept from the assistant”A Vault-protected list is also private from Marvelist AI. The assistant cannot read it, cannot answer questions about it, and its contents stay out of change history.
Worth knowing before you protect a list you were relying on the assistant to help with. The protection is not selective: encrypted means encrypted, including from the features you like.
How the encryption works
Section titled “How the encryption works”Marvelist publishes a Vault Security policy setting out what Vault protection does and does not cover. Worth reading before you rely on it for something genuinely sensitive, rather than taking this page’s summary for it.
Managing your recovery code
Section titled “Managing your recovery code”Profile → Vault holds two actions: New recovery code generates a replacement, and Verify recovery code checks the one you have is the one Marvelist expects.
Verifying is worth doing once a year. A recovery code you have never tested is a recovery code you are assuming works.
Choosing between locking and Vault
Section titled “Choosing between locking and Vault”| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| Nobody who picks up my phone can read this list | Lock |
| The contents themselves should be encrypted | Vault |
| Both | Both, on the same list |
A lock is quick to set up, costs nothing if you forget it, and protects against the most likely everyday risk. A Vault is stronger and carries a real obligation: keep the recovery code safe.