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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.
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After unlocking, you can access the content of the partition from the sidebar of the *Files* browser.
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[[!img unlock.png class="screenshot" alt="Authentication Required"]]
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You can open this new partition from the sidebar of the *Files* browser with the name you gave it.
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[[!img encrypted_partition.png class="screenshot" alt="Partition 1 4.0 GB LUKS / Filesystem 4.0 GB Ext4"]]
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[[!img empty_device.png class="screenshot" alt="Free Space 123 GB"]]
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Choose **Apps ▸ Utilities ▸ Disks** to open the *Disks* utility.
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<p>An attacker in possession of the device can know that there is an encrypted
volume on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give
out its passphrase.</p>
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<p>Such encrypted volumes, like the Persistent Storage, are not hidden.</p>
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<div class="attack">
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If you want to create another partition in the free space on the device, click on the free space and then click on the **[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Create partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]** button again.
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Click on the **[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Create partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]** button to create a new partition on the device.
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You can also open *VeraCrypt* encrypted volumes in Tails. *VeraCrypt* is a disk encryption tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. [[See our documentation about *VeraCrypt*.|veracrypt]]
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You can create other encrypted volumes using *LUKS* to encrypt, for example, another USB stick or an external hard disk. *LUKS* is the standard for disk encryption in Linux.
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Then click **Create**.
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**Password**: type a passphrase for the encrypted partition and repeat it to confirm.
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In the **Set Password** screen:
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**Partition Size**: you can create a partition on the whole device or only on part of it.
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