# Adult creator content on iPhone: keep it out of Photos

> Move drafts, ID screenshots and payout screens out of Photos into an encrypted Vault9 vault, so they stay out of your grid and off your other devices.

Source: https://vault9app.com/scenarios/adult-creator-content-iphone-privacy/

Move the files out of Photos into a vault, then delete the originals. A file that is not in Photos does not show in the Photos grid. It does not show on your other devices that use iCloud Photos either.

## Your drafts sit next to your family pictures

Photos puts everything in one grid. A draft, a finished set, a photo of your ID and a payout screenshot sit a few swipes from a picture of your niece. Anyone who opens Photos on your unlocked phone sees the lot.

With iCloud Photos on, the same library also shows on every device that uses your Apple Account. Apple says that a photo you delete on one of those devices is deleted on the others. So a tablet in the living room can show your work.

## Move the files in this order

1. Scroll through Photos and note what is there: drafts, upload-ready sets, ID and account screenshots, earnings screenshots, chats.
2. Import those files into Vault9. It reads from the Photos app and the Files app.
3. Make albums, for example one for drafts, one for finished sets and one for account records.
4. Open a few files in the vault to check them.
5. Delete the originals in Photos yourself. Vault9 never deletes anything in Photos.
6. Empty Recently Deleted. In Photos, tap **Collections**, then **Recently Deleted** under Utilities. Tap **View Album** and unlock it. Tap **Select**, choose the items and delete them. Apple keeps deleted items there for 30 days.

From now on, shoot new material with the Vault9 camera. It saves only into the vault, so a draft never reaches Photos at all.

Files that you already sent to a platform, a client or a chat stay where they are.

## What a vault does not hide

Albums sort your files. They are not separate locks. One vault has one pattern or passphrase, and every album opens with it.

The Vault9 icon is visible on your iPhone. We have no disguised icon and no calculator trick, so a partner or a parent who scrolls through your apps will see it. We also have no decoy vault: a wrong pattern shows an error, not an empty vault.

And if the phone is unlocked and the vault is open, the files are open too. Lock the app before you hand the phone to anyone. It also locks when it goes to the background, and after the Auto-lock time you set.

Want your ID scans and payout screens behind something other than your iPhone passcode? Vault9 encrypts them on the phone and opens with a pattern or passphrase of your own (or Face ID, if you turn it on). [Vault9 on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6830759639?pt=129716075&ct=adult-creator-content-iphone-privacy-md)

## Write your pattern on the kit

We cannot reset your pattern or passphrase. Put it on your [Emergency Kit](https://vault9app.com/emergency-kit/). Keep the kit on paper in a very safe place, in a password manager, or on another device that uses a different iCloud account. For a wider look at private images, see [how to store intimate photos on iPhone](https://vault9app.com/guides/store-intimate-photos-iphone/).

## Sources

- [Apple Support: Set up and use iCloud Photos](https://support.apple.com/en-us/108782) (checked 2026-11-06)
- [Apple Support: Delete photos on your iPhone or iPad](https://support.apple.com/en-us/104967) (checked 2026-11-06)
- [Apple Support: Delete or hide photos and videos on iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/delete-or-hide-photos-and-videos-iphb4defbde9/ios) (checked 2026-11-06)