---
id: delta-drive.what-is-the-delta-trust-recovery-kit
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-is-the-delta-trust-recovery-kit
category: "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"
subcategory: "Security, sign-in and privacy"
question: "What is the 24-word recovery kit for Delta Trust?"
alt_questions:
  - "What are the 24 words for Delta Trust?"
  - "Do I need to keep something safe for Delta Trust?"
  - "Recovery kit Storage Studio vault"
  - "What is the recovery kit used for?"
  - "Delta Trust recovery phrase"
short_answer: "The recovery kit is 24 words, printed when you create your Delta Trust vault. It is the only way back in: if you lose it, your backups can never be recovered — not even by Storage Studio."
tags: ["recovery kit", "delta trust", "security"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-if-i-lose-my-delta-trust-recovery-kit", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/where-should-i-keep-my-recovery-kit", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-set-up-delta-trust"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-29
---

# What is the 24-word recovery kit for Delta Trust?

Your recovery kit is 24 words that are the only way into your Delta Trust vault. You print it when you create the vault, and it's what opens your backups from a fresh Mac. The same kit also opens backups you send into Delta Drive's *_Backup* folder.

**Your recovery kit is the only way back in. If you lose it, your backups can never be recovered — not even by Storage Studio.**

Keep it somewhere safe and **away from that Mac** — if the Mac is lost, stolen or damaged, a kit stored on it goes with it. If your saved copy is lost or won't open, you can show the same words again on the Mac the vault was set up on: the key button on the Delta Trust card, then **E-mail me a code**.

We cannot look it up, reset it or recover it for you. See [what if I lose it?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-if-i-lose-my-delta-trust-recovery-kit)