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How Trusted Contacts Work
Understand what trusted contacts can do, what they cannot do, and why they never receive automatic access.
Help article
This article is written for visitors arriving from support chat or first-time setup questions.
Do trusted contacts get immediate access?
No. Adding a trusted contact does not give them access to your vault, passwords, documents, or records.
What can trusted contacts do?
Depending on your settings, trusted contacts may be involved in future release workflows.
- Receive invitations
- Confirm circumstances
- Request access
- Participate in release workflows
Who should you choose?
Choose someone responsible, reliable, and likely to be available in the future.
- A spouse
- An adult child
- A sibling
- A close friend
- An attorney
Can you remove a trusted contact later?
Yes. You can update, replace, or remove trusted contacts at any time as your life changes.
Key principle
Trusted contacts help support your release plan. They never receive automatic access just because they were invited.
Still need help?
If the article does not answer your question, open support and send the next practical question. Do not share passwords, recovery codes, or vault secrets in chat.