BitLocker is a useful security feature for modern Windows installations that helps protect your files and data from prying eyes. But if you’ve made major changes to your computer or an administrator triggered a security event, you may need to enter your BitLocker recovery key to get into Windows. Don’t have it handy? Do not worry. Here’s how to find your recovery key so you can sign in again.
Did you write it down?
If you have never saved your BitLocker recovery key data anywhere physically, you can skip this step. However, it’s always worth checking that you’ve written down your recovery key somewhere or, if you’re online, asking your administrator to see if they have a note of the key.
If you can find that piece of paper on a pen drive, digital note, or other written form of your BitLocker recovery key, it can save you the hassle of just grabbing that note and entering it from there.
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Is it a device for school or work?
If you’re trying to recover a BItlocker key for a device you were given at work or school, there’s a chance that your BitLocker key is stored in your organization’s Azure AD account. Try accessing the Azure AD recovery page yourself and, if possible, select Get BitLocker keys find your keys.
If you can’t access it directly, try asking your network or organization administrator to do it for you.
Recover your key from your Microsoft account
The easiest way to find your BitLocker recovery key is to download it from your Microsoft account. All BitLocker keys associated with your account are stored there, and you can access them by logging in to the recovery page.
Step 1: Navigate to the Microsoft Bitlocker recovery page.
Step 2: Sign in and, if necessary, confirm your account information.
Step 3: Once signed in, you should see all relevant BitLocker keys attached to your account, with the name of the relevant device next to them.
If you don’t have the relevant BitLocker keys associated with that Microsoft account, you’ll get the message instead:
“You do not have BitLocker recovery keys transferred to your Microsoft account.
Note: If someone else helped you set up your computer, the BitLocker keys you’re looking for might be in their account.”
You can try signing in to a different Microsoft account if you know the details.
After you’ve recovered your computer, if you want to further improve security or replace BitLocker with something else, here are some security tweaks you can make to make Windows more secure. However, some Windows 11 security settings reduce gaming performance. Check out our guide on how to improve gaming performance by changing Windows settings.
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