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en	Install Tails by cloning Upgrade your primary Tails by cloning

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en	In this step, you will upgrade your primary Tails from the other intermediary Tails using Tails Cloner.

en	1. Plug the new your primary Tails USB stick in addition to the other intermediary Tails into the computer.

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en	All the data on this USB stick will be lost.

en	Some data might still be recovered using advanced forensics tools.

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en	Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Tails&nbsp;▸ Tails Cloner** to open *Tails Cloner*.

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en	If the other Tails has a Persistent Storage, another option Clone the current Persistent Storage is available.

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en	If you select the option Clone the current Persistent Storage, the Persistent Storage of the other Tails is also be copied. The Upgrade button becomes unavailable and you can only [[reinstall|install/clone]] and delete all data on the target USB stick.

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en	In the future, we want to allow cloning the Persistent Storage when upgrading as well, for example to make it quicker to update a [[backup Tails USB stick|doc/persistent_storage/backup]]. ([[!tails_ticket 20362]])

en	Choose the new your USB stick in the **Target USB stick** menu.

en	To start the installation, click on the Install button. upgrade, click on the Upgrade button.

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en	Read the warning message in the confirmation dialog.

en	Click Delete All Data and Install to confirm.

en	The installation upgrade takes a few minutes.

en	The progress bar usually freezes for some time while synchronizing data on disk.

en	After the installation upgrade finishes, close Tails Cloner

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en	<div> <p class="big">You made it!</p>

en	You are done upgrading Tails. You can now restart on your primary Tails USB stick.

en	Congratulations on staying safe :)

en	Read the [[release notes|latest]] of Tails [[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_version" raw="yes" sort="age"]] to see what's new.