You need

1½ hours in total ½ hour ¼ hour
1.1 GB to download
 ½ hour to install ½ hour to upgrade

Your Tails

1 other Tails
USB stick or DVD

1 USB stick
8 GB minimum
All data will be lost!

1 USB stick
8 GB minimum
All data will be lost!
Why?

X

It is currently impossible to manually upgrade a Tails USB stick while running from itself. This scenario requires creating an intermediary Tails on another USB stick, from which to upgrade your Tails.

a smartphone
another computer,
or a printer
to follow the instructions

Your steps

USB image downloaded and verified

Download

USB image downloaded and verified

Download

Computer restarted on USB stick on the left

Restart

USB image installed on USB stick

Install

USB image installed on USB stick on the left

Install intermediary

USB image installed on USB stick on the left

Install intermediary

Restart

Restart

Tails installed on USB stick on the right

Install Upgrade

Restart

Encryption configured on USB stick

Configure

Restart

Let's go!