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'''Filesystem-level encryption''', often called '''file-based encryption''', '''FBE''', or '''file/folder encryption''', is a form of [[disk encryption]] where individual files or directories are [[encryption|encrypted]] by the [[file system]] itself.

This is in contrast to [[full disk encryption]] where the entire partition or disk, in which the file system resides, is encrypted.