How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick.

Any time you have a text file on a Linux system that you want to keep private regardless of the privileges that other users with accounts on the system may have, you can resort to encryption.

When the encryption is done ... using the gpg command the same way you would within Linux, as I outlined above. Right-click the file and select Properties. In the Properties window, select ...