cloud copy inquiry

[jony127]

Hi, if I am going to copy my encrypted data to the cloud should I also copy the masterkey.cryptomator file? Thank you.

[infeo]

Welcome to the Cryptomator Community

the answer you seek is in the linked thread:

Why is the masterkey stored in the cloud?

Inside the storage location of a Cryptomator vault, you will find a file called masterkey.cryptomator. This file is stored in the cloud to allow convenient access to a vault on different devices. What does this file contain? This file contains encrypted data, which is needed to derive the masterkey from your password. The file does not contain the decrypted masterkey itself. In addition, some metadata about the vault (e.g., the version of Cryptomator used to create it) is also stored in this fi…