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With *Kleopatra* you can:

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

<p>The OpenPGP keys stored in <i>Thunderbird</i> are separate from the keys
stored in <i>GnuPG</i> and visible in <i>Kleopatra</i>.</p>

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<p>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.</p>

Working with encrypted files

To encrypt a file:

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

Select the file that you want to encrypt.

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

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

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

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To decrypt text:

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<p>When using <i>Kleopatra</i> 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.</p>