How to recover bitlocker key

Question

Bitlocker key recovery with I'd password

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Answer 1

Hello  Anchal Goyal，

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

To recover a BitLocker recovery key, you can use the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool in Active Directory Users and Computers. Here are the steps:

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. Right-click the domain or organizational unit that contains the computer object whose recovery key you want to locate, and then click Find BitLocker Recovery Password.
3. In the Find BitLocker Recovery Password dialog box, type the first eight characters of the recovery password in the Password ID box, or type the first eight characters of the recovery key in the Recovery Key box.
4. Click Search to locate the recovery password or key.

Note that you will need to have the appropriate permissions to access the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool. Additionally, if you have forgotten your BitLocker password, you will need to use the recovery key to unlock your drive.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Haijian Shan

Answer 2

my computer is locked all of the sudden after windows 11 update and unable to locate the key, can I find it thru cmd command ? I tried manage-bde C: all types of functions to unlock or pause but no luck. Trying to avoid reformating the disc and losing data