What this does
Add the .age file, type the passphrase and download the original. Nothing is sent anywhere: the passphrase is used on your device only.
What it can’t do
Open files encrypted to a key instead of a passphrase, or files in age’s text (“armored”) form. Use the age command-line tool for those.
A worked example
A client receives file-1.age by email and the passphrase by phone. They add the file here, type the passphrase, and get back the PDF that was sent.
Questions
- What is an .age file?
- A file encrypted in the age format, by this site or by the free age tool. It can only be opened with the passphrase it was locked with.
- It says the passphrase is wrong. Can it be recovered?
- No. Check for a typing mistake, the keyboard layout and capital letters, then ask the sender. There is no way around the passphrase.
- What will the decrypted file be called?
- The format does not store the original name. If the .age file's own name contains it (report.pdf.age), you can keep that. Otherwise the file gets a neutral name with the right extension, worked out from its contents.
Your file stays on this device
The tool above runs in a sealed frame that cannot send your file anywhere. It works with airplane mode on, and the counter above it stays at 0. Here is how you can check that yourself.
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