Disabling Windows Bitlocker from Command Line¶
Run the following command in an elevated CMD window to disable Bitlocker on drive C:
manage-bde -off C:
If it succeeds, it may return the following message:
Decryption is now in progress
Check the progress by running the following command:
manage-bde -status C:
And it will show the current status of decryption
Conversion Status: Decryption in Progress
Percentage Encrypted: 27.1%
When the decryption is done, the status message will become
Conversion Status: Fully Decrypted
Percentage Encrypted: 0.0%