You can encrypt your internal and external hard drives with BitLocker to prevent data loss if the drive is stolen. Only authorized users will have access to drive data. If someone is able to access your BitLocker-enabled computer without authentication, access will be denied.
How to to define up BitLocker on Windows 11 Pro
To configure BitLocker on the Pro edition of Windows 11, use these steps:
While in “BitLocker Drive Encryption”, it is also possible to encrypt other drives such as secondary storage, external USB hard drives and removable data drives using “BitLocker To Go”.
Remove BitLocker encryption
If you need to remove system encryption, follow these steps: After completing the steps, the decryption process will take some time depending on the size of the drive and its data.
How to to define up BitLocker on Windows 11 Home
To configure BitLocker on Home Windows 11 edition, use these steps: After completing the steps, BitLocker will enable the system to encrypt the files on the drive. This version of BitLocker is only available on some devices. If you don’t see the option, your device probably doesn’t support device encryption. you would normally see this feature on devices like Microsoft Surface devices and other brands like HP, Lenovo, Dell, etc.
Remove BitLocker encryption
To decrypt a device using BitLocker, follow these steps:
Final Words
We hope you like our article about how to to define up, Configure and use BitLocker on Windows 11/10. Although you cannot use BitLocker in Windows 11/10 Home, there are several ways to enable BitLocker drive encryption feature. Let’s see how you can encrypt your drive in Windows 11/10 Home.
