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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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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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<p>To learn how Tails implements Persistent Storage, see our
[[design documentation about persistence|contribute/design/persistence]].</p>
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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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<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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<p>If you receive the error message while running Tails using
<i>virt-manager</i>, then you need to
[[run Tails from our USB image|doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager#usb_image]]
instead of our ISO image.</p>
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<!-- We should improve this error message in #10048 and get rid of this note. -->
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<p>The error message <span class="emphasis"em>Error, Persistence partitionvolume is not
unlocked.</spanem> means that the pPersistent volumStorage was not enabled from <span class="application">Tails Greeter</span>. So yunlocked in
the Welcome Screen. You can not use or configure ityour Persistent Storage
but you can delete it and create a new one.</p>
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<p>The error message <em>Error, Persistence volume is not
unlocked.</em> means that the Persistent Storage was not unlocked in
the Welcome Screen. You cannot use or configure your Persistent Storage
but you can delete it and create a new one.</p>
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<p>To change the configuration of your Persistent Storage, restart Tails,
unlock the Persistent Storage, and choose <strong>Applications</strong>&nbsp;▸
<strong>Tails</strong>&nbsp;▸ <strong>Configure persistent volume</strong>
again.</p>
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<p>There is currently no visible way to close the
<b>Configure persistent volume</b> application when no changes have been made.</p>
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<p>To close the <b>Configure persistent volume</b> application,
press <span class="keycap">Esc</span>.</p>
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When run for the first time, or after [[deleting the pPersistent volumStorage|delete]], thean assistant proposesallows you to create a new pPersistent volumeStorage in the free space left on the USB stick. Refer to our [[installation instructions|install/clone#create-persistence]] for more guidance on creating the pPersistent volumStorage.
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When run for the first time, or after [[deleting the Persistent Storage|delete]], an assistant allows you to create a Persistent Storage in the free space left on the USB stick. Refer to our [[installation instructions|install/clone#create-persistence]] for more guidance on creating the Persistent Storage.
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