Extract text from VDATA files
To convert your VDATA file to another format, you need Vaulty or other Encoded software.
To convert other file formats to the "Hidden Media Vault" file type, you need software like Vaulty or a similar tool.
A .vdata file is primarily a hidden media file created by Vaulty, a privacy app for Android designed to obfuscate personal photos and videos. These files are not standard images; they are typically JPEG or PNG files with a modified header or extension to prevent gallery apps from displaying them. Users often encounter these files when recovering data from an old SD card or backup folder (e.g., SystemAndroid/Data) after uninstalling the app. Because the file structure is intentionally scrambled to secure user privacy, Windows and macOS cannot natively preview or open them.
A secondary use case involves Vantrue dashcams, which may generate .vdata files as temporary or raw video streams. These are effectively video containers that haven't been finalized into standard MP4 or MOV formats yet. While Vaulty files require header correction or renaming to be viewable, Vantrue files can often be played directly in robust media players like VLC Media Player or simply renamed to a standard video extension.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VDATA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted VDATA_C, JPG, VDAT, MP4, JPEG, TXT, ZIP, SPL, INDD, TSX, ENC, CRDOWNLOAD and EXE files.
If you want to convert VDATA file to MP4, BASE64, HEX, BIN, ENC, CRYPT, AES, DES, RSA, PGP, GPG or ASC, you can use Vaulty or similar software from the "Obfuscated Media Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert CER, BIN, PEM, DER, KEY, P7S, PFX, ENC, P12, BASE64, P7B or HEX files to VDATA, try Vaulty or another comparable tool in the "Obfuscated Media Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VDATA converter.