How to Disable BitLocker Encryption on a Drive

❎ BitLocker is a fine approach to encrypting hard drives, especially the system drive. It's easy to turn off BitLocker if you decide you no longer need it. ❎ Decrypting Bitlocker * Sign in. * Right-click the drive in Windows File Explorer. * Click on Manage BitLocker. * Click on Turn off BitLocker. * Click on the Turn off BitLocker confirmation button. * Wait for the operation to complete. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/27841 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ Find Your Lost Bitlocker Recovery Key in Your Microsoft Account ▶ https://youtu.be/Pn-PZ2F43SM Chapters 0:00 Turn Off BitLocker 0:15 Decrypting a BitLocker drive 1:10 Bitlocker may default to on 2:22 Turning Bitlocker back on 2:40 Back up your recovery key If you can’t sign in to Bitlocker ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #bitlocker #encryption