Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask about keeping their documents on a phone — privately, and where they can find them again.

• How to keep a copy of your passport on your iPhone, safely

  Where a passport copy should and should not live on an iPhone, what a copy is good for when travelling, and how to keep it private if the phone is lost.

• How to organise your important documents digitally

  A simple way to get bills, IDs, cards, certificates and agreements out of drawers and folders and into one place on your phone, where you can find them again.

• Which documents to keep a digital copy of: a checklist

  The documents worth having on your phone — identity, money, home, car, health and family — and the ones where a copy will never replace the original.

• How to keep your Aadhaar and PAN safely on your phone

  Why a photo of your Aadhaar in the gallery is a risk, what masked Aadhaar is for, and how to keep Aadhaar and PAN on your phone privately.

• DigiLocker or a document organiser app: what each is for

  DigiLocker holds documents the government issues to you. A document organiser holds everything else. When to use which, and why many people use both.

• How to get reminded before your passport or ID expires

  How early to renew a passport, driving licence or ID, and how to set reminders on an iPhone so an expiry never catches you at the airport.