Complete Guide on Digilocker

DigiLocker is a digital locker to store all your documents. It offers the following benefits:

• Citizens can access their digital documents anytime, anywhere and share it online. This is convenient and time saving.

• It reduces the administrative overhead of Government departments by minimizing the use of paper.

• Digital Locker makes it easier to validate the authenticity of documents as they are issued directly by the registered issuers.

• You can upload scanned copies of your documents (PDF, JPEG or PNG format) and access it anywhere you want. You can also e-sign these uploaded documents, which works like self-attestation of physical documents.

The storage capacity offered per user is 1 GB, without any limit on the number of documents that can be uploaded to it.

How to Register on Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

Follow the below steps to create an account in digilocker

• Visit Digilocker website

• Click on Signup

• Enter your name, date of birth, mobile number and security PIN.

• You will receive an OTP on the entered mobile number. Enter the OTP. 
• Enter your Aadhaar Number for verification.
• An OTP will be sent on the mobile number registered with Aadhaar. Enter the OTP.
• Once your account is created, set your username.
• Click on Sign In. 
• Enter your registered mobile number and security PIN.
• An OTP will be sent on your mobile number. Enter the OTP.
• Set your username of your choice.

This completes your registration procedure to create digilocker account.

How to Add Pan Card to Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

• Visit Digilocker website

• Click on Signin.

• Enter your Username and Password in the fields given. 

  OR

  Enter your Aadhaar number and click on verify button get OTP in your Aadhaar linked mobile number and enter the OTP received on your mobile to Login to your digilocker account

• Click on the Search Documents.

• Search for 'Pan Verification' in the Search Bar. 

• Click on 'PAN Verification Record- Income Tax Department'

• Since your Aadhar is already link your basic details will be auto filled.

• Enter your PAN number and name as given on the PAN Card.

• Click on 'Get Document'.

• Your Pan card details will be displayed.

• Your Pan card data will be fetched and linked with DigiLocker Account.

• Now, click on "Issued Documents". Click 'View Document'.

How to Upload Driving License in Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

Follow the below steps to upload driving license in digilocker.

• Visit Digilocker website

• Click on Signin.

• Enter your Username and Password in the fields given.

  OR

  Enter your Aadhaar number and click on verify button get OTP in your Aadhaar linked mobile number and enter the OTP received on your mobile to Login to your digilocker account

• Click on the Search Documents. 

• Select your state.

• Search for 'Driving License' in the Search bar.

• Since your Aadhar is already link your basic details will be auto filled.

• Enter your License number.

• Click on 'Get Document'.

• Your driving License data will be fetched and Linked with DigiLocker Account.

• Now, click on issued documents

• Click 'View document'

• Your Driving License will be displayed which you can download in pdf format.

How to Add Vehicle RC to Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

Follow the below steps to add vehicle RC to Digilocker.

• Visit Digilocker website

• Click on Signin 

• Enter your Username and Password in the fields given.

  OR

  Enter your Aadhaar number and click on verify button get OTP in your Aadhaar linked mobile number and enter the OTP received on your mobile to Login to your digilocker account

• Click on the Search Documents. 

   

• Select your state.

• Search for 'Registration of Vehicle' in the search bar.

• Click on 'Registration of Vehicles'.

• Enter your vehicle registration number and chassis number. 

• Click on 'Get Document'.

• Your RC data will be fetched and Linked with DigiLocker Account.

• Now, Click on issued documents

• Click 'view document'

• Your RC will be displayed which you can download in pdf format.

How to Get CBSE Marksheet in Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

• Visit Digilocker website

• Click on Signin 

• Enter your Username and Password in the fields given.

  OR

  Enter your Aadhaar number and click on verify button get OTP in your Aadhaar linked mobile number and enter the OTP received on your mobile to Login to your digilocker account

• Click on the Search Documents. 

• Search for 'Central Board of Secondary Education' in the search bar. 

• Select the option as per your choice.

• Enter your Year of Passing and Roll Number. 

• Click on “Get Document”

• A message is displayed regarding fetching of data from CBSE servers will be displayed. 

• Now, click on issued documents

• Click 'view document'

• Your CBSE digital marksheet is now displayed

How to Delete Document in Digilocker? [Edit] [Edit]

Follow the below steps to delete document in digilocker.

• Visit Digilocker website

• Sign-in to your digilocker account

• Click on 'Issued Documents'

• Click on the three dot in front of the document.

• Click on delete. 

How to Deactivate Digilocker Account? [Edit] [Edit]

You cannot delete digilocker account. So your Aadhaar number will be linked to your digilocker account permanently. Also, you cannot delete the documents pulled from other departments (Income Tax Departments, CBSE etc.) in to digilocker account. However, you can delete all your uploaded documents from the digilocker.

• Visit Digilocker website

• Signin to your digilocker account

• Click on Issued documents

• In the list of uploaded document, click on delete icon to remove the document from your digilocker database.

Download Digilocker Mobile App [Edit] [Edit]

• For Android users- Digilocker Android Version

• For Apple iOS users- Digilocker Apple iOS version

References [Edit] [Edit]

While crafting this guide, we have consulted reliable and authoritative sources, including official government directives, user manuals, and pertinent content sourced from government websites.

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