= cryptsetup-erase(8)
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== Name

cryptsetup-erase, cryptsetup-luksErase - erase all keyslots

== SYNOPSIS

*cryptsetup  _erase_ [<options>] <device>* +
*cryptsetup _luksErase_ [<options>] <device>*

== DESCRIPTION

Erase all keyslots and make the LUKS container permanently inaccessible.
Unless the device is configured with HW OPAL support you do not need to
provide any password for this operation.

*WARNING:* This operation is irreversible.

*WARNING:* with *--hw-opal-factory-reset* ALL data is lost on the device,
regardless of the partition it is ran on, if any, and regardless of any LUKS2
header backup, and does not require a valid LUKS2 header to be present on the
device to run.

*<options>* can be [--header, --disable-locks, --hw-opal-factory-reset, --key-file].

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