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By default, the encryption setup will encrypt all existing passwords, folders and tags except those who are shared.
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All previous revisions but the current will be deleted.
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The encryption setup will also create a new password entry with your encryption passphrase.
If you do not want this, switch the settings view to
`
Advanced
`
in the top right corner and uncheck the options in step 5 of the setup.
If you do not want this, switch the settings view to
"
Advanced
"
in the top right corner and uncheck the options in step 5 of the setup.
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The encryption setup will create the new entries before deleting any old ones.
So even if something goes wrong, there should be no data loss.
[

](../_files/videos/encryption-setup.mp4)
#### Enabling End-to-End encryption
1.
Open the Settings
(
`More > Settings`
)
2.
Locate the
`
Encryption
`
section at the end of the
`
Security
`
section.
3.
Click the
`
Activate
`
button next to
`
End-to-End Encryption
`
.
1.
Open the
[
Settings
](
web+passlink://goto/settings
)
(
the
cog icon
)
2.
Locate the
"
Encryption
"
section at the end of the
"
Security
"
section.
3.
Click the
"
Activate
"
button next to
"
End-to-End Encryption
"
.
4.
The setup wizard will appear. Click continue to see the encryption passphrase dialog.
5.
Choose an encryption passphrase with at least 12 characters and confirm it.
> :warning: Do not use your Nextcloud password.
> Every Nextcloud app can read your Nextcloud password and it offers no security
6.
Click
`
Save
`
.
6.
Click
"
Save
"
.
The encryption setup will automatically encrypt all folders and passwords
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