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When the Welcome Screen feature is turned on, the settings from the [[Welcome Screen|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen]] are saved in the Persistent Storage: language, keyboard, and additional settings.
When the Tor Bridge feature is turned on, the last [[Tor bridge|doc/anonymous_internet/tor]] that you used to connect to Tor successfully is saved in the Persistent Storage.
When the Tor Browser Bookmarks feature is turned on, changes to the bookmarks in [[*Tor Browser*|doc/anonymous_internet/Tor_Browser]] are saved in the Persistent Storage.
When the Thunderbird Email Client feature is turned on, the email, feeds, and OpenPGP keys in the [[*Thunderbird* email client|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]] are saved in the Persistent Storage.
<p>Since Tails 4.13 (November 2020), <em>Thunderbird</em> uses its own OpenPGP keyring,
different from the keyring used by <em>GnuPG</em> and <em>Kleopatra</em>. You don't need to enable the GnuPG
feature anymore if you only use OpenPGP encryption in
<em>Thunderbird</em>.</p>
When the Pidgin Internet Messenger feature is turned on, all the configuration files of the [[*Pidgin* internet messenger|doc/anonymous_internet/pidgin]] are saved in the Persistent Storage:
- The configuration of your accounts, contacts, and chats - Your OTR encryption keys and keyring
When the SSH Client feature is turned on, all the files related to the Secure Shell (SSH) client are saved in the Persistent Storage:
All the files in the */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles* folder are linked in the *Home* folder using Linux symbolic links.
All the files in subfolders of */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles* are also linked in the corresponding subfolder of the *Home* folder using Linux symbolic links.
For example, having the following files in */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles*:
Produces the following result in */home/amnesia*:
Choose **Places**&nbsp;▸ **Dotfiles** to open the <span class="filename">/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles</span> folder in the <span class="application">Files</span> browser.
Click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/pan-down.png alt="menu toggle" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button in the title bar and choose <span class="guilabel">Show Hidden Files</span>.
Copy the <span class="filename">.config/monitors.xml</span> file from your <span class="filename">Home</span> folder to <span class="filename">/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config</span>.
Deleting the data corresponding to a feature
If you turn off a feature, it is unavailable after restarting Tails but the corresponding data is still saved on the USB stick.
To delete the data corresponding to a feature:
In the *Files* browser, navigate to */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked*.