EaseUS Logo. Remove BitLocker Safely in One Click. EaseUS Partition Master has introduced a significant update that allows all Windows users to remove BitLocker encryption for free.Without knowing ...

You can either turn it on or off for your PC as a whole, but if you want to manage BitLocker settings for individual drives on Windows 11 Pro or higher, you still need the Control Panel.

Almost all supported operating systems are affected. Microsoft lists Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2, Windows 11 21H2, 22H2 and 23H2 as well as Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022.

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 ...