{"id":64198,"date":"2024-05-24T17:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/64198\/windows-11-home-check-bitlocker-status-activate-deactivate-encryption\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:53:13","slug":"windows-11-home-check-bitlocker-status-activate-deactivate-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64198\/windows-11-home-check-bitlocker-status-activate-deactivate-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 Home Check Bitlocker status &#8211; activate \/ deactivate encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Encryption with Bitlocker in Windows Home?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Interesting observation from a reader of our blog. He wanted to enlarge or reduce partitions with RescueZilla. However, this was not possible because Bitlocker was active on the Windows partitions. He had not consciously activated Bitlocker, nor did he have the Pro version of Windows, which is normally required for this.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is now a &#8220;Device encryption&#8221; option in the Home version of Windows.  This option does not always seem to be available. It is not available on my home devices, presumably because a TPM chip is required. This option also seems to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/windows-10-11-home-edition-und-die-oem-bitlocker-falle\/\">activate itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the setting can be found in the settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"559\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_1.png 711w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_1-100x80.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The function can also be deactivated here. Similar to Bitlocker, the process should take a while.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"209\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_2.png 352w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_2-350x209.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" 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the following command<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmanage-bde -status\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command prompt must be started with admin rights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"421\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_3.png 592w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_3-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_3-350x250.png 350w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bitlocker_home_3-420x300.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_Bitlocker_via_the_command_prompt\"><\/span>Disable Bitlocker via the command prompt<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bitlocker can also be deactivated via the 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