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Your private key should now be listed in the **End-to-End
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Click **Continue**, enter the passphrase for your private key (if any), and click **Continue** again.
 
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In the next dialog, make sure that your private key is listed and that the option **Treat this key as a Personal Key** is selected.
 
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Click the **Select File to Import…** button and choose the private key that your exported from *Kleopatra*.
 
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In the right pane, click the **Add Key…** button.
 
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In the left pane, identify the account that corresponds to the private key that you want to import and choose **End-to-End Encryption**.
 
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Choose **[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menu" class="symbolic" link="no"]] ▸ Account Settings**.
 
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In *Thunderbird*:
 
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<h3>Import your private key in <em>Thunderbird</em></h3>
 
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Close *Kleopatra*.
 
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Select the private key that you want to migrate to *Thunderbird*.
 
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From the desktop:
 
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<h3>Export your private key using <em>Kleopatra</em></h3>
 
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If you already have an OpenPGP private key outside of *Thunderbird*, follow the instructions below to export it from *GnuPG* and import it into *Thunderbird*.
 
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*Thunderbird* uses a different keyring than *GnuPG*.
 
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In the **Primary Password** dialog, enter your Primary Password and click **OK**.
 
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In the **Passwords** section, select the option **Use a Primary Password**.
 
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Choose **Privacy & Security**.
 
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Choose **[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menu" class="symbolic" link="no"]]&nbsp;▸ Settings**.
 
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With a Primary Password, your private key is encrypted in your *Thunderbird* profile and is only unlocked while *Thunderbird* is running. If your *Thunderbird* profile is stored in your Persistent Storage, then your private key is encrypted twice: once by *Thunderbird* in your profile and a second time by the encryption of the Persistent Storage.
 
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