Windows 11 brings a lot of changes, including two new forms of BitLocker encryption: Drive Encryption and Device Encryption. These options provide enhanced security for your devices and files, but what happens if you need to turn them off? Here's how to turn off BitLocker encryption on Windows 11. Keep in mind that turning off BitLocker on Windows 11 can make your devices and data less secure, so be careful when making this decision.
1. Turn off BitLocker via Control Panel
Step 1: Open Control Panel from the Start menu and click on the System and Security option .
Step 2: Click the BitLocker Drive Encryption button .
Step 3: Click the Turn off BitLocker button .
2. Disable BitLocker via Windows Services
Step 1: Press the Windows + R key combination on the keyboard to open Windows Run , type services.msc and press the OK button.
Step 2: Scroll and double-click on the BitLocker Drive Encryption Service option .
Step 3: To disable BitLocker encryption, set the startup type to Disabled and press the Apply button.
Step 4: Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
3. Turn off BitLocker via This PC
Step 1: Open the This PC application on your computer.
Step 2: Right-click on the drive you want to turn off BitLocker on and select the Manage BitLocker option.
Step 3: Click the Turn off BitLocker button.
4. Disable BitLocker via System Configuration
Step 1: Open Windows RUN by pressing the Windows + R key combination , type msconfig and press Enter.
Step 2: Select the Services tab from the top bar, uncheck BitLocker Drive Encryption Service and click the Apply button.
Step 3: Restart your computer and then, BitLocker Encryption Service will be disabled.
5. Turn off BitLocker via Command Prompt
Step 1: Run Command Prompt with admin rights from the Start menu.
Step 2: To unlock BitLocker Encrypted Drive, type the command:
manage-bde -unlock Drive-Name: -RecoveryPassword Recovery-Code
Step 3: To turn off BitLocker using CMD, type the command:
manage-bde -off Drive-Name:
Note : Replace Drive-Name with the drive letter of the BitLocker Encrypted Drive and Recovery-Code with the actual recovery key allocated while encrypting the drive.
6. Disable BitLocker via Registry Editor
Step 1: Open Registry Editor from the Start menu.
Step 2: In Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BitLockerStep 3: Right-click on the empty area on the right pane, add a new DWORD (32-bit) value and name it PreventDeviceEncryption.
Step 4: Open the DWORD value and set the value data from 0 to 1 in hexadecimal format and click OK button.
Step 5: Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
7. Turn off BitLocker via PowerShell
Step 1: Run PowerShell with admin rights from the Start menu.
Step 2: To disable BitLocker using PowerShell, type the command:
Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint Drive_Name:
Note: Replace Drive_Name with the letter of the BitLocker encrypted drive.
8. Turn off BitLocker via Group Policy Editor
Step 1: In the Start menu, type Group Policy Editor and press Enter.
Step 2: Navigate to the following path:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Removable Data Drives... then click the Control use of BitLocker on removable drives option .
Step 3: Select the Disabled option and click the OK button.
This policy setting controls the use of BitLocker on removable data drives. This policy setting applies when you turn on BitLocker.
If you do not configure this policy setting, users can use BitLocker on removable drives. If you disable this policy setting, users cannot use BitLocker on removable drives.
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