en	[[!meta title="Encrypting text and files using GnuPG and Kleopatra"]]

en	[*Kleopatra*](https://apps.kde.org/kleopatra/) is a graphical interface to [*GnuPG*](https://www.gnupg.org/), a tool to encrypt and authenticate text and files using the OpenPGP standard.

en	With *Kleopatra* you can:

en	Create new OpenPGP keys for yourself

en	Manage your OpenPGP private keys and the public keys of others

en	Encrypt text with a public key or a passphrase

en	Sign text with a private key

en	Decrypt and verify text

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en	The [[Thunderbird|anonymous_internet/thunderbird]] email client allows you to work with OpenPGP encrypted emails. Consider using Thunderbird instead of Kleopatra if you want to exchange encrypted emails.

en	The OpenPGP keys stored in Thunderbird are separate from the keys stored in GnuPG and visible in Kleopatra.

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en	To store your GnuPG keys and configuration across different working sessions, you can turn on the [[GnuPG|persistent_storage/configure#gnupg]] feature of the Persistent Storage.

en	Working with encrypted files

en	To encrypt a file:

en	Choose **Sign/Encrypt** from the main window.

en	Select the file that you want to encrypt.

en	In the **Sign/Encrypt Files** dialog, either:

en	Specify which OpenPGP keys you want to encrypt the file to.

en	Choose **Encrypt with password**.

en	To decrypt a file:

en	Choose **Decrypt/Verify** from the main window.

en	Select the file that you want to decrypt.

en	Working with encrypted text

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en	It is unsafe to write confidential text in a web browser since JavaScript attacks can access it from inside the browser. You should rather write and encrypt your text directly in the notepad of Kleopatra and only paste the encrypted text in your browser.

en	To encrypt text:

en	Choose **Notepad** from the main window.

en	Type your text in the left pane.

en	In the right pane, either:

en	Specify which OpenPGP keys you want to encrypt the text to.

en	Select the **Encrypt Notepad** button.

en	This button is labeled **Sign / Encrypt Notepad** if you select the **Sign as** option.

en	To decrypt text:

en	Paste the encrypted text in left pane.

en	Select the **Decrypt / Verify Notepad** button.

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en	When using Kleopatra to encrypt emails, non-ASCII characters (for example non-Latin characters or characters with accents) might not display correctly to the recipients of the email.

en	If you often encrypt emails, we recommend you set up OpenPGP in [[Thunderbird|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]] instead.