There are several2 ways of shutting down Tails:.

There are 2 ways of shutting down Tails.

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When you shut down Tailith both techniques, all the data stored in [[!wikipedia
Random-access_memory
desc="RAM"]] is securely erased
to protect you from [[cold boot
attacks|doc/advanced_topics/cold_boot_attacks]].

With both techniques, all the data stored in [[!wikipedia Random-access_memory
desc="RAM"]] is securely erased to protect you from [[cold boot
attacks|doc/advanced_topics/cold_boot_attacks]].

By clicking oOpen the system menu located in the upper -right corner of the screen and choosing either:.

Open the system menu in the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Select [[!img lib/system-shutdown.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Shutdown icon"]] to shutdown the computer orPower Off"]].

Select [[!img lib/system-shutdown.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Power Off"]].

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