VaultSort for Windows · Beta
VaultSort now runs on Windows.
Organizing, deduplication, encryption, Secure Delete, Guardian, scheduled jobs and the on-device AI features all work the way they do on macOS — using Windows equivalents where the system underneath differs. Right down to the wording: you'll see File Explorer, not Finder.
It is a beta, and it is the only Windows build there is. That is not a soft launch of something finished — it means you are running ahead of the stable release, and it is worth knowing what that involves before you install.
Free to try · No account required · About the beta channel
Before you install
Three things worth knowing first.
Windows is beta-only for now
There is no stable Windows release, and the beta is not a preview of one you could install instead — it is the release. Stable Windows arrives with VaultSort 5.0.
Windows will warn you once
The installer is signed with Azure Trusted Signing and timestamped. SmartScreen still builds its reputation from download volume, and this build has none yet, so expect Windows protected your PC → More info → Run anyway. It fades as downloads accumulate. Nothing is wrong with the signature.
Joining the beta is close to one-way
Updates never move backwards. Switch to Stable after installing a beta and you stop receiving beta updates, but you stay on the build you have until a stable release passes it. Worth reading the full explanation before you opt in.
Native to the platform
Not a port. Built for how Windows actually works.
Storage behaves differently on Windows, and so does the shell. These are the parts that had to be built for it rather than translated.
File Explorer context menu
Right-click any file or folder to encrypt, decrypt or securely delete it. Every entry can be switched off individually from its own settings panel.
Disk Shred
Erase a whole drive or a single volume. VaultSort confirms exactly what will be destroyed, overwrites every sector the device reports as addressable, and reports progress in real bytes rather than a spinner.
Free-space overwrite
Overwrite the unused space on a drive so files deleted long before VaultSort was installed cannot be recovered from what was left behind.
TRIM for flash drives
Where overwriting free space cannot work the way it does on a spinning disk, VaultSort asks the drive whether it accepts TRIM and offers that instead. If the drive says no, it says so plainly.
Controlled Folder Access, explained
When Windows blocks a location, you get a dialog that says what happened and what to do about it — not a toast that vanishes before you have read it.
A window that belongs to the app
Frameless, with VaultSort’s own minimize, maximize and close controls, so the app looks like itself rather than like a default title bar with something inside it.
Everything else
The rest of VaultSort came with it.
This is not a reduced edition. The features below behave the same on both platforms, and your license covers both.
One purchase, up to six devices, in any mix of Mac and Windows.
- Advanced Organization workflows
- AI Job Builder and Revise With AI
- Duplicate detection and cleanup
- Large File Finder and Space Saver
- File encryption, including security keys
- Secure Delete
- Guardian
- Scheduled jobs
- On-device AI categorization
System requirements
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Architecture
- 64-bit (x64). There is no Arm build.
- Channel
- Beta only — no stable Windows release yet
- Installer
- Signed with Azure Trusted Signing, timestamped
- License
- One purchase, up to 6 devices across Mac and Windows
Running macOS instead? Get the stable Mac build. Following along with the prerelease? The beta channel.
Try it on your PC.
The beta is free to try. Buy once when you are ready — the license covers Windows and Mac together, and there is no subscription.
Expect a SmartScreen prompt on first run: More info → Run anyway. The installer is signed; the warning is about reputation, not the signature.