How to create a new encrypted LUKS-partition in GParted?
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I want to create a new encrypted LUKS-partition in GParted.
I've searched the UI and the help, but the only thing I can find is [how to open and close an _existing_ LUKS partition](https://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-open-encrypted-partition) and how to [to copy and paste an existing one](https://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-copy-and-paste-partition) .
However, I can find no way to create a new one. I can create a new partition e.g. for btrfs, but it is never encrypted.
So it seems for that only task of creating a new partition I have to resort to other tools like _GNOME Disks_ (GNOME Disk Utility), which easily allows this when creating a new partition, or fallback to the commandline, which I'd like to avoid.
Or is there any way to create a new encrypted partition?
### Broader use case
Actually, i want to do what is described in the GParted help: Copy an encrypted partition and „maintaining an encrypted” partition on a new disk. However, to do so (i.e. to not decrypt the data while copying), I have to paste it „into an existing open LUKS encrypted partition”, i.e. I need to have an encrypted partition first.
So, finally, **is there any way to create a _new_ encrypted partition in GParted?**
Asked by rugk
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Dec 25, 2020, 08:04 PM
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