Today, Windows 11 Home encrypts data using "device encryption" and Windows 11 Pro typically uses "BitLocker." BitLocker uses the more elaborate encryption method and is more complicated to turn off.

This policy setting is applied when you turn on BitLocker for the OS drive. In this post, we will show you how to enable or disable if enhanced startup PINs are used with BitLocker in Windows 11/10.

So, whether you’re on Windows 11 Pro or Home, if you aren’t using BitLocker yet, you should definitely start. Here’s everything you need to know about BitLocker and how to get it set up ...

This will disable BitLocker on Windows 11 Pro, giving you more of your SSD performance back.

Officially, this also applies to Windows 11; Microsoft even lists BitLocker device encryption first in its Home vs. Pro comparison. So what’s this all about?

Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Now Microsoft has offered the same advice to users of the BitLocker full disk encryption feature in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise versions.

If you get the “ The drive protected by BitLocker is already unlocked ” message in the File Explorer of Windows 11/10 for the hard drive partition that is already unlocked, use these fixes.