Here's how to turn off BitLocker on Windows 11 Pro: Open the Settings app (press the Windows and letter "I" keys simultaneously.) Click "System" on the left, then "Storage" on the right.

BitLocker is an on-by-default setting in Windows 11 Pro that is meant to encrypt and protect your data. While that sounds all good and dandy, the setting now appears to rob as much as 45 percent ...

Microsoft Tells Windows 10 BitLocker Users: Turn It Off And On Again. ByDavey Winder, ... Nov 07, 2018, 09:41am EST Nov 11, 2018, 01:29pm EST. Share. Save. This article is more than 6 years old.

Microsoft began pushing BitLocker with the Windows 11 23H2 update, which made BitLocker the default for new installations on supported systems. With 24H2, that setting expands to reinstallations ...

If you’ve signed into a Windows 11 Pro PC with your Microsoft account, BitLocker is on by default. However, even Windows 11 Home PCs can use Windows’ built-in “device encryption.” ...

That means if you clean install Windows 11 later this year or buy a new PC with 24H2 installed, BitLocker device encryption will be enabled by default. If you just upgrade to 24H2, Microsoft won ...

A new report suggests Microsoft may be enabling BitLocker encryption by default on Windows 11 24H2 PCs. What's interesting is that the report suggests that this may happen on Home editions too.