You can unlock BitLocker Encrypted Fixed or Removable Data Drive via Explorer, Control Panel or Command line in Windows 11/10. Learn how!

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive.

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the ...

If you turn on BitLocker Auto-unlock, it will unlock encrypted volumes automatically. It does such a thing using the encrypted information stored in the Registry and volume metadata.

When you enable encryption for a drive manually, you have a few options for setting up BitLocker, and one that you should pay ...

Enter the password for the drive and click Unlock. If you no longer need to protect your removable drive with BitLocker To Go, you can remove the protection easily.

If you’re on Windows 11 Home and want to unlock the full potential of BitLocker, see our guide on upgrading to Windows 11 Pro without reinstalling the operating system.

I have a Server 2016 box with all drives encrypted, with a USB key inserted during boot so that it auto-unlocks itself. I have secondary drives that are also encrypted with the recovery file saved ...

When you are prompted, enter the password you created. Optionally, check Automatically Unlock On This Computer From Now On for ease of use. If you are running Windows 8 you must click on More options ...