Dismount All
Note: The information in this section applies to all menu items and buttons with the same or similar
caption (for example, it also applies to the system tray menu item Dismount All).
This function allows you to dismount multiple VeraCrypt volumes. To dismount a VeraCrypt volume
means to close it and make it impossible to read/write from/to the volume. This function dismounts
all mounted VeraCrypt volumes except the following:
Partitions/drives within the key scope of active system encryption (e.g., a system partition
encrypted by VeraCrypt, or a non-system partition located on a system drive encrypted by
VeraCrypt, mounted when the encrypted operating system is running).
VeraCrypt volumes that are not fully accessible to the user account (e.g. a volume mounted
from within another user account).
VeraCrypt volumes that are not displayed in the VeraCrypt application window. For
example, system favorite volumes attempted to be dismounted by an instance of VeraCrypt
without administrator privileges when the option 'Allow only administrators to view and
dismount system favorite volumes in VeraCrypt' is enabled.
Wipe Cache
Clears all passwords (which may also contain processed keyfile contents) cached in driver
memory. When there are no passwords in the cache, this button is disabled. For information on
password cache, see the section Cache Password in Driver Memory.
Never Save History
If this option disabled, the file names and/or paths of the last twenty files/devices that were
attempted to be mounted as VeraCrypt volumes will be saved in the History file (whose content can
be displayed by clicking on the Volume combo-box in the main window).
When this option is enabled, VeraCrypt clears the registry entries created by the Windows file
selector for VeraCrypt, and sets the “current directory” to the user’s home directory (in portable
mode, to the directory from which VeraCrypt was launched) whenever a container or keyfile is
selected via the Windows file selector. Therefore, the Windows file selector will not remember the
path of the last mounted container (or the last selected keyfile). However, note that the operations
described in this paragraph are not guaranteed to be performed reliably and securely (see e.g.
Security Requirements and Precautions) so we strongly recommend that you encrypt the system
partition/drive instead of relying on them (see System Encryption).
Furthermore, if this option is enabled, the volume path input field in the main VeraCrypt window is
cleared whenever you hide VeraCrypt.
Note: You can clear the volume history by selecting Tools -> Clear Volume History.
Exit
Terminates the VeraCrypt application. The driver continues working and no VeraCrypt volumes are
dismounted. When running in ‘portable’ mode, the VeraCrypt driver is unloaded when it is no longer
needed (e.g., when all instances of the main application and/or of the Volume Creation Wizard
are closed and no VeraCrypt volumes are mounted). However, if you force dismount on a
