How To Find BitLocker Recovery Key And Do BitLocker Recovery?

Where and how to find the BitLocker recovery key?

Microsoft's BitLocker drive encryption always forces you to save a BitLocker recovery key when you set it up. You might have stored it online with a Microsoft account, saved it to a USB drive, saved it to a file, or printed that recovery key, etc. Therefore, you can find the recovery key in different ways.

How to find the BitLocker recovery key? Refer to the following six ways:

1. Find the BitLocker recovery key in the Microsoft account
2. Find the BitLocker recovery key in a USB flash drive
3. Find the BitLocker recovery key in a .txt file
4. Find the BitLocker recovery key in a document
5. Find the BitLocker recovery key in Active Directory
6. Find the BitLocker recovery key in your Azure Active Directory account

Option 1: In your Microsoft account

To retrieve the recovery key that was stored online with a Microsoft account, visit the site:https://account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey (The previous page is http://windows.microsoft.com/recoverykey).

Sign in with your Microsoft account, and then you will see the recovery key.

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Option 2: Find the BitLocker recovery key on a USB flash drive

To find the BitLocker recovery key, insert that USB flash drive into your computer and view it.

Option 3: Find the BitLocker recovery key in a .txt file

BitLocker recovery key may be saved as a .txt file on your computer. If you have not deleted it, search BitLocker Recovery Key.txt on your computer.

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Option 4: Find the BitLocker recovery key in a document

If you printed the BitLocker recovery key by "Microsoft Print to PDF", search for a pdf file on your computer.

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Option 5: Find the BitLocker recovery key in Active Directory

If you are a domain user, the BitLocker recovery key may be saved to Active Directory (AD), contact your administrator to get it.

BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer can locate and view the BitLocker recovery key that is stored in Active Directory (AD). This is also the way to get the BitLocker recovery key without a Microsoft account.

Tutorial to view BitLocker recovery key in Active Directory:

1. In Active Directory Users and Computers, locate and then click the container in which the computer is located. For example, click the Computers container.
2. Right-click the computer object, and then click Properties.
3. In the ComputerName Properties dialog box, click the BitLocker Recovery tab to view the BitLocker recovery keys that are associated with the particular computer.

Option 6: In your Azure Active Directory account

For work PCs where you sign in with an Azure Active Directory account, see the device info for your Microsoft Azure account and get the recovery key.

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