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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 15 COMMENTS

HOW TO REMOVE BITLOCKER

ENCRYPTION IN WINDOWS 10

Just recently I had an issue with the webcam on my new Dell XPS 13, 9360. A er a
couple of times of visit by Dell technicians, it became obvious that the webcam
controller on the mainboard is broken, thus the whole mainboard of the system
needs to be changed. This was ne, until a er the change of the Mainboard while of
course keeping my SSD with all my data on it. It was just a er the change that both
me and the technician realized bitlocker encryption is activated on the SSD when
the laptop was shipped to me. Meaning that I can not access my data. A er long
hours behind customer service of Dell, and long talk with Microso support, I have
been told that Windows Home 10 does not support bitlocker encryption and I have
no other option but to wipe my SSD and install a fresh version on it. Of course this
was not an option for me, so I asked for the technician to come back and put my
original Mainboard in the laptop, meaning no webcam for a while which I can live
with. A er a while that I had enough time to search for my problem I found that I
can disable encryption in the power shell. This saved me a trouble of losing my
valuable data.

To do so:

1. Open the power shell as administrator, by right clicking on it and choosing

“ un as Administrator”.

2. Check the encryption status of each drive by entering:

1 manage-bde -status

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3. To disable bitlocker enter (note to put quotations too):

1 Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "<drive letter>:"

For example:

1 Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"

4. To remove encryption of the desired drive enter:

1 manage-bde -off <drive letter>:

For example:

1 manage-bde -off C:

5. Let the decryption continue in the background such that you have fully
decrypted status. You may check the status of Encryption while it is running in
the background.

6. Restart the PC.

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ERIK SAYS:

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Great information! Thanks!

 FEBRUARY 25, 2018  REPLY

RALPH SAYS:

Thanks for the posting. It helped me decrypt and image a drive for a backup.

 MARCH 1, 2018  REPLY

RAZAK SAYS:

Wonderful post .. Thanks a lot…

 MARCH 26, 2018  REPLY

BOB SAYS:

Cannot boot up – but can access command prompt via WIN 10 options – would your
decryption method work ??
Bob

 MARCH 30, 2018  REPLY

 BEHZAD SAYS:
If it is unlocked might work. but I’m not sure.

 JUNE 17, 2018  REPLY

BOBMAC SAYS:
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hi !! really Good advice

I tried the manage-bde -o C:

Error the volume is LOCKED

any ideas ??

 MARCH 30, 2018  REPLY

 BEHZAD SAYS:
First you have to unlock the drive.

 JUNE 17, 2018  REPLY

LISA SAYS:

Thank you so much for this info! My new Dell Inspiron 15 -3000 series laptop came
with Windows Home but an encrypted hard drive which I wanted to upgrade to a
7200 rpm drive and then create a Win 7 dual boot with the Win 10. (I know, but I
have sewing programs that won’t run on Win 10). I nally managed to get the
encryption o with your guide and a few others.

 APRIL 21, 2018  REPLY

TOM SAYS:

Really, thanks!

 APRIL 26, 2018  REPLY

CHUCHUJI SAYS:

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excellent

 MAY 18, 2018  REPLY

TIM SAYS:

This was great. Thank you.

 MAY 22, 2018  REPLY

JON SAYS:

Thank you! BitLocker was driving me nuts every time I had to reset my computer!

 MAY 24, 2018  REPLY

JON SAYS:

Godsend!

 MAY 29, 2018  REPLY

TEJA SAYS:

Will the above commands work on remote systems which are in Domain.
I have admin previlizes to the system.

 JUNE 6, 2018  REPLY

 BEHZAD SAYS:

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I’m not sure but you can give it a try.

 JUNE 17, 2018  REPLY

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