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<p>The Tails virtual machine does not modify the behavior of the host
operating system and the network traffic of the host is not anonymized. The MAC
address of the computer is not modified by the [[MAC address
anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]] feature of Tails
when run in a virtual machine.</p>
09/18/2025
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If the host operating system is compromised with a software
keylogger or other malware, then it can break the security built into
Tails.
09/18/2025
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To run Tails inside a virtual machine, you need to have virtualization software installed on the host operating system. Different virtualization software exists for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Unfortunately, we only know of virtualization solutions for Linux that work well with Tails.
06/12/2025
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<p>For example, when using virtual machines in Windows, <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c"><i>Microsoft
Recall</i></a> might be taking regular screenshots of your activity.</p>
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06/12/2025
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<p>We only present below 2 solutions for Linux: <i>GNOME Boxes</i> and
<i>virt-manager</i>.</p>
06/12/2025
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<p>Because, <i>VirtualBox</i> works pretty badly with Tails, we stopped
advertising solutions for using virtual machines in Windows or macOS.</p>
06/12/2025
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With virtual machines, it is possible to run Tails inside a *host* operating system. A virtual machine emulates a real computer and its operating system, called a *guest*, which appears in a window on the *host* operating system.
06/12/2025
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09/23/2024
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[[!img tails-in-vm.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
05/02/2024
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This is how Tails looks when run in a virtual machine on a Debian host.
05/02/2024
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04/23/2024
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See [[running Tails in *virt-manager*|virt-manager]].
02/27/2024
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***virt-manager*** is only available on Linux. It has a more complex user interface than *GNOME Boxes* but allows to use a Persistent Storage, either by:
02/27/2024
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See [[running Tails in *GNOME Boxes*|boxes]].
02/27/2024
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***GNOME Boxes*** is only available on Linux. It has a simpler user interface than *virt-manager* but does not allow to use a Persistent Storage.
02/27/2024
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<p>We only mention Free Software, because we believe that it is a necessary
condition to be trustworthy. Proprietary virtualization software exist, such as
<i>VMWare</i>, but is not listed here on purpose.</p>
02/27/2024
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<p>Only run Tails in a virtual machine if leaving traces on the hard disk
is not a concern for you.</p>
11/17/2023
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<p>Only run Tails in a virtual machine if both the host operating
system and the virtualization software are trustworthy.</p>
11/17/2023

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