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+---
+title:  Encrypting USB with luks 🔒
+date: 2025-02-17
+layout: linux
+tags:
+    - media-tutorials
+---
+## What you will need 📋
+
+*   A USB drive
+*   A computer with Linux 🐧🖥
+*   The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠
+
+* * *
+
+1) Install cryptsetup
+
+> $ sudo pacman -S cryptsetup
+
+* * *
+
+2) Backup any information on the USB stick because this process involves formatting the USB drive.
+
+* * *
+
+3) Formatting USB.
+
+> $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
+
+The X being your USB drive.
+
+Press the following keys:  
+o  
+n  
+Press enter for the rest  
+w
+
+* * *
+
+4) Encryption time!
+
+> $ sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdX1
+
+* * *
+
+5) Decrypt USB
+
+> $ sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdX1 USB
+
+Note: The first password is your root user password, not the encryption password. I have sadly made this mistake in the past.
+
+* * *
+
+6) Format the Encrypted Partition
+
+> $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/USB
+
+Depending on the size of the USB, this may take some time. For me, it took 3 minutes.
+
+* * *
+
+Step 7: Mount the Encrypted Partition
+
+> $ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/USB  <hr>
+> $ sudo mount /dev/mapper/USB /mnt/USB
+
+* * *
+
+## Finished ✅
+
+I hope your password is good, make sure to memorize it or save it in a password manager!