Operation Manual

Supported Operating Systems

Note: After this version of VeraCrypt was released, a new version of an operating system may have

been released, verified to be fully compatible with VeraCrypt and added to the list of supported

systems. Therefore, if this is the latest stable version of VeraCrypt, you should check the online

version of this chapter at

https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Supported%20Operating%20Systems.

This version of VeraCrypt supports the following operating systems:



Windows 8 and 8.1



Windows 7



Windows Vista



Windows XP



Windows Server 2012



Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)



Windows Server 2008



Windows Server 2003



Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite



Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks



Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion



Mac OS X 10.7 Lion



Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard



Linux (32-bit and 64-bit versions, kernel 2.6 or compatible)

Note: The following operating systems (among others) are not supported: Windows RT, Windows 2003 IA-64, Windows

2008 IA-64, Windows XP IA-64, and the Embedded/Tablet versions of Windows.

See also the section Operating Systems Supported for System Encryption.