Disable BitLocker

Starts BitLocker decryption on a selected volume and can optionally write the current recovery password to the job log before protection is disabled.

Parameters

Mount Point

Required — Default: OS

Drive letter of the BitLocker volume to decrypt, for example C: or D:. You can also use OS or SystemDrive to target the operating system drive automatically.

Write Recovery Key To Log

Optional — Default: True

Writes the BitLocker recovery password to the PowerBrick log before decryption starts. Enabled by default; disable when logs should not contain the secret.

Details

• Category: System
• Brick ID: BitLocker-Disable

Raw JSON definition

• JSON

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