4 Ways to Check BitLocker's Status in Windows 10 (2024)

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4 Ways to Check BitLocker's Status in Windows 10? ›

In the command prompt, type manage-bde -status and press Enter . View the status of BitLocker on the drives in the computer.

In the command prompt, type manage-bde -status and press Enter . View the status of BitLocker on the drives in the computer.

In Windows Explorer in the left hand column, choose 'This PC' and on the right hand side you should see a padlock icon on the drives that are encrypted. Highlight and right-click on the drive you want to verify the 'BitLocker Options'. If you see the message 'Encryption on', your hard drive is encrypted.

To determine whether BitLocker is using hardware-based encryption or software-based encryption: -Run "manage-bde.exe -status" in an administrator command prompt. -If the "Encryption Method" starts with "Hardware Encryption", then BitLocker is using the self-encrypting disk's hardware-based encryption implementation.

If you set up your device and turn on BitLocker yourself, your recovery key will be in your Microsoft account. Open a web browser on any other device, and type the following URL into the address bar: https://account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey. You'll find your BitLocker recovery key there.

Run manage-bde.exe -status from elevated command prompt. If none of the drives listed report "Hardware Encryption" for the Encryption Method field, then this device is using software encryption and is not affected by vulnerabilities associated with self-encrypting drive encryption.

Select Devices > Manage devices > Configuration, select the Monitor* tab, and then select Device encryption status.

From within Windows

From the administrator command prompt type manage-bde -protectors -get <drive letter>: where <drive letter> is the drive letter for the BitLocker protected drive that you want to recover.

How to tell if BitLocker is using TPM? ›

To check if BitLocker is set up to use TPM on your computer, you can open the Group Policy Editor and navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drives.

BitLocker is a Windows security feature that provides encryption for entire volumes, addressing the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned devices.

You can check the status of a drive with Get-BitLockerVolume and ProtectionStatus. Use Enable-BitLocker to turn on BitLocker for the unencrypted volumes. There are a few parameters to consider when using Enable-BitLocker: -MountPoint lets you specify which volume(s) is/are being encrypted.

Step 1: Open the Active Directory Users And Computers console. Step 2: Open the Properties tab of the managed computer. Step 3: Click on BitLocker Recovery. The BitLocker recovery key and Password ID of the computer will be displayed.