{"id":702,"date":"2025-09-16T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradesetter.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:29:00","slug":"what-is-masked-aadhaar-card-and-how-to-download-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/what-is-masked-aadhaar-card-and-how-to-download-it\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS MASKED AADHAAR CARD AND HOW TO DOWNLOAD IT?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you are searching What Masked Aadhaar is, and How to\u00a0Download Masked Aadhaar Card?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If yes, then you have reached the right place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this tutorial, you will know all about Masked Aadhar card and a\u00a0step-by-step guide to downloading your Masked Aadhaar Card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is a Masked Aadhaar?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) continues to add new features to Aadhaar card to make it more secure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The latest function\u00a0introduced<\/strong>\u00a0is \u201dMasked Aadhaar Card.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Masked Aadhaar is an offline\u00a0alternative of Regular Aadhar Card. It allows you to use all services but without sharing your Aadhar number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It hides the first\u00a08 numbers<\/strong>\u00a0of your Aadhar card, and only the last four\u00a0digits<\/strong>\u00a0are visible which is more\u00a0secure<\/strong>\u00a0than regular\u00a0Aadhaar card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Difference between Masked Aadhaar Card and Regular Aadhar Card?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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1. Masked Aadhaar card,\u00a0hides the first 8 numbers of your aadhar card and only the last four digits are visible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong>\u00a0While regular aadhaar\u00a0card is fully naked and all your Aadhar\u00a0numbers are visible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong>\u00a0Apart from this, the Masked Aadhaar Card is more secure than the Regular Aadhaar Card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong>\u00a0Masked Aadhaar contains QR code which is more reliable and secure than other forms of IDs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong>Use your Aadhaar without disclosing your Aadhaar number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Features of Masked Aadhaar Card.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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1.<\/strong>\u00a0It is an alternative version of your Aadhaar card with more security.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong>\u00a0Share your Masked Aadhaar number without any fear as first 8 digits are hidden.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong>\u00a0Only demographic information and QR code will be available.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong>\u00a0Use your Aadhaar card without disclosing your Aadhaar number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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6.<\/strong>\u00a0Digitally Signed and verified by UIDAI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7.<\/strong>\u00a0Masked Aadhaar is as valid as your regular Aadhaar card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to download Masked Aadhaar?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0Step-by-step guide to download Masked Aadhar card.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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1. Visit\u00a0UIDAI<\/a>\u00a0official website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0 \u201cDownload Aadhaar\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0under Aadhar enrollment section or directly visit\u00a0https:\/\/eaadhaar.uidai.gov.in\/.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Download Masked Aadhaar:<\/strong>\u00a0You can download Masked Aadhaar card by using Enrollment number or Aadhaar number or Virtual Aadhaar ID (VID.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Using Enrollment Number<\/strong>: You can download Masked Aadhaar using a 28 digit enrolment number along with full name and pin code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Using Aadhaar number<\/strong>:\u00a0 You can download Masked Aadhaar by using the 12 digit Aadhaar number along with full name and pin code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Using the Virtual Aadhaar ID (VID)<\/strong>: One can also use the 16 digits\u00a0Virtual Aadhaar ID<\/a>\u00a0(VID) number to download the \u2018Masked Aadhaar Card.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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6.<\/strong>\u00a0Select your Preference as\u00a0Masked Aadhaar<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Regular Aadhaar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0<\/strong>Enter your Enrolment ID or Aadhaar Number or Virtual ID (VID.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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8.<\/strong>\u00a0Enter your Full Name, enter your Pin Code and fill the Security Code as displayed in the image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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9.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on Request OTP button to receive a One Time Password on your Aadhaar linked Registered Mobile Number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10.<\/strong>\u00a0If you have TOTP, you can go for other option of TOTP. Select I have TOTP to generate Time based OTP in mAadhaar App on your Phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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11.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on \u201cDownload Aadhaar<\/strong>\u201d Then your Masked Aadhaar Card will be downloaded in a pdf form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Password of Masked Aadhaar Card PDF?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Downloaded Masked Aadhar Card PDF will be password protected so that only you can open it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But How you can open it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The password of this PDF is the Combination of the first four Alphabets of your name (In Captial) and Year of Birth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Masked Aadhaar card is the government\u2019s one of the most significant steps to stop misuse of Aadhaar card from any fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0If you came across a problem, You could raise your question in the comment box below.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are searching What Masked Aadhaar is, and How to\u00a0Download Masked Aadhaar Card? If yes, then you have reached the right place. In this tutorial, you will know all about Masked Aadhar card and a\u00a0step-by-step guide to downloading your Masked Aadhaar Card. What is a Masked Aadhaar? The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-download-aadhaar","category-masked-aadhaar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/aadhaar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}