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[[!meta title="Encrypted persistencPersistent Storage"]]
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[[!meta title="Persistent Storage"]]
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If you start Tails from a USB stick, you can create a pn encrypted Persistent volumStorage in the free space left on the USB stick by <span class="application">Tails Installer</span>. The files. The files and settings stored in the pPersistent volum Storage are saved encrypted and remain available across separatedifferent working sessions.
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If you start Tails from a USB stick, you can create an encrypted Persistent Storage in the free space left on the USB stick. The files and settings stored in the Persistent Storage are saved encrypted and remain available across different working sessions.
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You can use this pPersistent volumStorage to store different kinds of fi, for examples:
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You can use this Persistent Storage to store, for example:
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Personal files
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Some settings
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Additional software
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your eEncryption keys
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Encryption keys
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The pPersistent volumStorage is an encrypted partition protected by a passphrase on the USB stick.
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The Persistent Storage is an encrypted partition protected by a passphrase on the USB stick.
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Once the persistent volume is createdAfter you create a Persistent Storage, you can choose to activateunlock it or not each time you start Tails.
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After you create a Persistent Storage, you can choose to unlock it or not each time you start Tails.
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[[!inline pages="doc/first_steps/persistence.caution" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
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<p>To learn how Tails implements Persistent Storage, see our
[[design documentation about persistence|contribute/design/persistence]].</p>
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[[!toc levels=3]]
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[[!meta title="Create & configure<h1 id="create">Creating the pPersistent volume"]]Storage</h1>
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<h1 id="create">Creating the Persistent Storage</h1>
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To create the Persistent Storage, choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Tails**&nbsp;▸ **Configure persistent volume**.
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[[!img creation.png link="no" alt=""]]
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<div class="note">
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<p>If you receive the error message <em>Device was not created using a USB
image or Tails installer</em>, then you need to reinstall Tails either by:</p>
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<ul>
<li>Installing using our [[USB image|install/download]] instead of our ISO image</li>
<li>[[Installing from another Tails|install/clone]]</li>
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