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- The GNOME desktop*Disks* utility allows you to opencreate encrypted volumes.

- The *Disks* utility allows you to create encrypted volumes.

Choose **Applications** ▸ **Utilities** ▸ **Disks** to open *GNOME Disks*the *Disks* utility.

Choose **Applications** ▸ **Utilities** ▸ **Disks** to open the *Disks* utility.

<span class="application">Disks</span>The *Disks* utility lists all the current storage
devices on the left side of the screen.

The *Disks* utility lists all the current storage devices on the left side of the screen.

<h2 class="bullet-number-twoid="formatting">Formatting the device</h2>

<h2 id="formatting">Formatting the device</h2>

Click on the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk…** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.

Click on the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.

<div class="caution">
<p>Overwriting existing data does not erase all data on flash
memories, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives).</p>

<p>See the [[limitations of file deletion|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#spare]].</p>

<h2 class="bullet-number-threeid="partition">Createing a new encrypted partition</h2>

<h2 id="partition">Creating a new encrypted partition</h2>

In the <span class="guilabel">Format Disk</span>**Format Volume** dialog:

In the **Format Volume** dialog:

**Erase**

You can choose to overwrite existing data on the partition.

<div class="tipcaution">

<div class="caution">

<p>Overwriting existing data does not erase all data on flash
memories, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives).</p>

<p>See the [[limitations of file deletion|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#spare]].</p>

**Type**

<span class="guilabel">Type</span>: choose <span class="guilabel"> Choose **Internal disk for use with Linux systems
only (Ext4)</span> and <span class="guilabel">** and **Password protect volume (LUKS)</span>.**.

Choose **Internal disk for use with Linux systems
only (Ext4)** and **Password protect volume (LUKS)**.

When plugginyou plug in a device containingthat has an encrypted partition, Tails does not open the partition automatically but you can do so from the file browseroffers to unlock the encryption automatically.

When you plug in a device that has an encrypted partition, Tails offers to unlock the encryption automatically.

Plug in the external storage device that you want to usehas the encrypted partition.

Plug in the external storage device that has the encrypted partition.

A dialog appears, asking for the passphrase to unlock the partition.

[[!img unlock.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt="Authentication Required"]]