[[!meta title="Createing and useing LUKS encrypted volumes"]]

[[!meta title="Creating and using LUKS encrypted volumes"]]

<p>The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use
with Tails encrypted is to use the [[encrypted pPersistent
sStorage|first_steps/persistenct_storage]].</p>

<p>The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use
with Tails encrypted is to use the [[Persistent
Storage|persistent_storage]].</p>

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

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

- The GNOME desktop allows you to open encrypted volumes.

- The GNOME desktop allows you to open encrypted volumes.

Choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Utilities**&nbsp;▸ **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.

A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it:.

A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it.

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

Click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/open-menuview-more.png alt="MenuDrive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button in the title bar and choose <span class="guilabel">**Format Disk…</span>** 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.

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

In the **Format Disk** dialog:

If you want to erasoverwrite all data securely, choose to <span class="guilabel">on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes</span>** in the <span class="guilabel">Erase</span> drop-down list**Erase** menu.

If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.

<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>

</div>

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Choose <span class="guilabel">**Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR/DOS)</span>** in the <span class="guilabel">Partitioning</span> drop-down list**Partitioning** menu.

Choose **Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR/DOS)** in the **Partitioning** menu.

Click **Format**.

In the confirmation dialog, make sure that the device is correct. Click <span class="bold">Format</span> to confirm.

In the confirmation dialog, make sure that the device is correct.

1. Configure the various settings of your new partition in the
partition creation assistant:

In the <span class="guilabel">Create Partition</span> dialogscreen:

In the <span class="guilabel">Create Partition</span> screen:

<span class="guilabel">Partition Size</span>: you can create a partition on the whole device or only on part of it. In this example we are creating a partition of 4.0 GB on a device of 8.1 GB.

<span class="guilabel">Partition Size</span>: you can create a partition on the whole device or only on part of it.