Don’t use a system you don’t understand.
There is no difference between deleting a file and encrypting it and losing the key.
Don’t start encrypting your shit if you don’t have a functional, operational, tested backup system in place.
Read the three sentences above again and make sure you understand them. Ask questions if you do not. It’s okay if you do not understand.





People will get all 3-2-1 about backups tbh you can just have a backup you know works and an older backup you know works stored somewhere else.
What are you trying to accomplish?