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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.

If you want to securely erasoverwrite all data on the device, choose to <span class="guilabel">**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.

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.

<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:

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<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.

Enter the passphrase of the partition in the password prompt and click <span class="bold">Unlock</span>**Unlock**.

Enter the passphrase of the partition in the password prompt and click **Unlock**.

To close the partition aAfter you finished using ithe partition, click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/media-eject.png
alt="Eject" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button next to the partition in the
sidebar of the f*Files* browser. to eject the partition safety and lock again the
encryption.

After you finished using the partition, click on the [[!img lib/media-eject.png
alt="Eject" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button next to the partition in the
sidebar of the *Files* browser to eject the partition safety and lock again the
encryption.

1. Plug in the external storage device that containings the encrypted partition thatfor which you
want to change the passphrase for.
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Plug in the external storage device that contains the encrypted partition for which you want to change the passphrase.

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

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

Click on the partition displaying a [[!img lib/network-wireless-encrypted.png alt="padlockParition LUKS" class="symbolic" link="no"]] atin the bottom-right corner.

Click on the partition displaying a [[!img lib/network-wireless-encrypted.png alt="Parition LUKS" class="symbolic" link="no"]] in the bottom-right corner.

Click on the [[!img lib/system-run.png alt="Additional partition options" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
button and choose **Change Passphrase** in the shortcut menu.

Click on the [[!img lib/system-run.png alt="Additional partition options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button and choose **Change Passphrase** in the shortcut menu.