# TDE in PostgreSQL in Windows

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/tde-in-postgresql-in-windows/39683>\
**Category:** PG\_TDE – Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)\
**Created:** [November 5, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/tde-in-postgresql-in-windows/39683 "2025-11-05T05:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![andre\_hass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/andre_hass/32/22544_2.png) [@andre\_hass](https://forums.percona.com/u/andre_hass)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/tde-in-postgresql-in-windows/39683/1 "2025-11-05T05:17:34Z")

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Hello

Ist it possible to use pg\_tde on Windows host for existing prod environment?

Br andre

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Bernier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/robert_bernier/32/1367_2.png) [@Robert\_Bernier](https://forums.percona.com/u/Robert_Bernier)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/tde-in-postgresql-in-windows/39683/2 "2025-11-05T23:31:23Z")

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HI,

If you’re talking about using the Linux subsystem the answer is yes.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/tde-in-postgresql-in-windows/39683/3 "2025-11-05T23:50:43Z")

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@andre_hass,  
If you are running Windows-native postgresql binaries, then probably not as we don’t compile for Windows. If, as Robert says, you are running everything under the WSL, then it probably will work.