Adding Recipients to Your Vaults

Created by IronClad Family Support, Modified on Sat, Nov 29 at 5:17 PM by IronClad Family Support

Adding a Recipient

Recipients are the trusted loved ones who will receive your information when your vaults are delivered. Because IronClad Family uses zero-knowledge encryption, only your recipients can unlock your data — not our team, and not anyone else.

Important: Recipients must be created before you can assign them to your vaults. This ensures each person has a secure identity, greeting message, and passphrase set already in place when a vault is delivered.

Step 1: Open the Recipients Page

From the left-hand menu, click Recipients.

Step 2: Add a New Recipient

Click the + Add Recipient button.

Step 3: Enter Recipient Contact Information

Complete the recipient’s contact details. This ensures they can securely receive your vaults when the time comes.

Step 4: Write a Personalized Greeting Message

Your greeting message is what your recipient will see when a vault is delivered to them. You may include:

Instructions on what to do next
Notes of love, reassurance, or guidance
Details about why they were chosen

Tip: Many members use this space to leave a heartfelt message to their loved ones. It becomes an important part of the vault delivery experience.

Step 5: Create Passphrases for Security

Each recipient must answer private passphrase questions to unlock your information when it is delivered. You will:

Type three passphrase questions
Provide the correct answers
Select how many passphrases the recipient must answer (1–3)

Why Three Questions?
Even if your recipient only needs to answer one or two questions to unlock their vault, we encourage completing all three. These serve as backup options in case a recipient forgets or misremembers one.

Step 6: Save Your Recipient

Click Save to finish adding your recipient. Repeat the process for additional recipients if needed.