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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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To create the Persistent Storage, choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Tails**&nbsp;▸ **Configure persistent volume**.
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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>
</ul>
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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>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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To configure the Persistent Storage, choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Tails**&nbsp;▸ **Configure persistent volume**.
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<p>Only the features that are listed below can currently be made
persistent.</p>
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<p>We are often asked to implement new features of the
Persistent Storage:
Tor Browser preferences,
Tor configuration,
desktop background,
mouse and touchpad settings,
etc.
See the
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groups/tails/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=✓&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=C%3APersistence
desc="list of issues about the Persistent Storage"]].<p>
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To restore your settings when starting Tails, unlock your Persistent Storage in the Welcome Screen.
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<p>The packages included in Tails are carefully tested for security.
Installing additional packages might break the security built in Tails,
so [[be careful with what you install|additional_software#warning]].</p>
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<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>
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When the Dotfiles feature is turned on:
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All the files in the */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles* folder are linked in the *Home* folder using Linux symbolic links.
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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.
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A shortcut is provided in the left pane of the *Files* browser and in the **Places** menu in the top navigation bar to access the */live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles* folder.
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