We don’t always carry our essential documents with us on the move. But we often end up in a situation where we need a particular document but we don’t have its physical copy. At this point, we wish we knew of a way to carefully and safely store our documents on our smartphones without having to carry the original copies. Don’t we? Well, today I am going to tell you just that. I will share with you a hack that will allow you to store and access your documents digitally on your smartphones without needing to carry any originals. Let’s get into it.
Some of you might have heard about it, while some of you might not have. I am talking about DigiLocker.
DigiLocker is a cloud service provided by the government of India. It was built by the Ministry of Electronics and IT under the Digital India Initiative of the Central government. DigiLocker allows you to store all your important documents on the server. You can then access them whenever you need them without having to worry about their safety. Here you can easily store all your government-issued documents in a soft copy format.
Also read: How to scan documents on your iPhone using these easy methods
Step 1: You can either use the website or for more convenience, quickly download the DigiLocker App from Google Play Store or App Store.
Step 2: Tap on the ‘Sign Up’ option on the top-right corner of the homepage.
Step 3: You will be taken to the account creation page. Here enter all your details like Name, DOB, Mobile Number, and Email ID.
Step 4: Type in a suitable 6-digit security pin too and click on ‘Submit’.
Step 5: Enter the OTP that you would have received and click on ‘Submit’ again.
Step 6: Add a username and submit. Now your account is ready and you can start uploading your documents.
Let me also tell you how you can easily upload your documents on DigiLocker.
Step 1: After you log in, you will see an ‘Upload Documents’ icon on the top-left corner of the app. Click on it.
Step 2: Next, you will see the ‘Upload’ option. Tap that.
Step 3: Simply, select the document you wish to upload and click on ‘Open’.
That’s it, your work is done. Wasn’t it pretty easy? However, you should note that this cloud service offers you 1GB of cloud space. Further, no file can be over 10MB.
Also read: How to update your Aadhaar address online in less than 10 steps
DigiLocker is quite a popular and secure option as the numbers speak for themselves. The platform has over 92.28 million registered users who have stored over 4.75 billion documents on the platform.
DigiLocker is a time-saving and accessible application. It can help you in many instances such as when you can’t carry all your documents physically, when you forget your documents at home, and more. A good thing is that Digilocker-generated documents are acceptable everywhere.
