<h1 id="creating">Creating an encrypted partition</h1>

<h2 id="identifying">Identifying your external storage device</h2>

The *Disks* utility lists all the current storage devices on the left side of the screen.

A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it.

<h2 id="formatting">Formatting the device</h2>

In the **Format Disk** dialog:

<h2 id="partition">Creating a new encrypted partition</h2>

Now the schema of the partitions in the middle of the screen shows an empty device:

In the <span class="guilabel">Create Partition</span> screen:

You can give a name to the partition.
This name remains invisible until the partition is open but can help
you to identify it during use.

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In the <span class="guilabel">Set Password</span> screen:

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Then click <span class="bold">Create</span>.

<h2 id="using">Using the new partition</h2>

You can open this new partition from the sidebar of the file browser with the name you gave it.

<h1 id="opening">Opening an existing encrypted partition</h1>

<h1 id="storing">Storing sensitive documents</h1>

<h1 id="os">Opening encrypted volumes from other operating systems</h1>

<h1 id="changing">Changing the passphrase of an existing encrypted partition</h1>