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Tor uses only 2 different relays as your entry guards, as a way of [protecting against *end-to-end correlation* attacks](https://support.torproject.org/about-tor/how-tor-works/entry-guards/).
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[[!img onion-circuits.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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[[!img doc/anonymous_internet/tor/tor.png link="no" class="svg" alt="Schematics of a connection to Tor with the client, the 3 relays, and the destination server."]]
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*Onion Circuits* displays information about
the current Tor circuits and connections.
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Tails restarts Tor and all circuits are replaced if you disconnect and reconnect from your local network, for example, by turning the Wi-Fi off and on again.
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<h1 id="restart">Closing and replacing all Tor circuits</h1>
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To keep the same entry guard across different Tails sessions, use a
Tor bridge instead.
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Your entry guards change every time you restart Tails.
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If you don't use a Tor bridge:
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Tor uses the bridge as your entry guard.
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If you use a Tor bridge:
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<!-- Note for translators: the entry guards in use when you take the screenshot
onion-circuits.png is in a position to identify you. You might prefer to leave it
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To open **Onion Circuits**, click on the
Tor status icon ([[!img lib/symbolic/tor-disconnected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]]
or [[!img lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no"
class="symbolic"]]) in the top-right corner and choose **View Tor Circuits**.
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For example, if you download the same file again, Tor uses a new circuit.
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If you connect to the same destination server again, Tor uses a different circuit to replace the circuit that you closed.
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For example, when you close a circuit while <i>Tor Browser</i> is
downloading a file, the download fails.
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When you close a circuit that is being used by an application, your
application gets disconnected from this destination service.
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Choose **Close this circuit** in the shortcut menu.
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Right-click (on Mac, click with two fingers) on the circuit that you want to close.
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You can close a given Tor circuit to help replace a particularly slow Tor circuit or troubleshoot issues on the Tor network. To do so:
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