How to remove bitlocker encryption from secondary hard drive.

Question

Hi, I want to remove the BitLocker encryption from my D: drive as it is annoying and unnecessary. I tried using the powershell and the deactivate command but it is giving me an Access Denied error. Please advise how I can remove it.

Answer 1

Hi Ethan England,

Please use the Unlock-BitLocker cmdlet or manage-bde unlock to unlock a volume that uses BitLocker Drive Encryption.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/bitlocker/unlock-bitlocker

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/manage-bde-unlock

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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