{"id":7281,"date":"2019-01-22T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=7281"},"modified":"2020-11-11T08:01:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T08:01:38","slug":"decrypt-usb-encrypted-with-bitlocker-in-windows-and-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/decrypt-usb-encrypted-with-bitlocker-in-windows-and-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Decrypt the USB Encrypted with BitLocker in Windows and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/decrypt-usb-encrypted-with-bitlocker-in-windows-and-linux.png\" alt=\"decrypt usb encrypted with bitlocker in windows and linux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/decrypt-usb-encrypted-with-bitlocker-in-windows-and-linux.png 640w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/decrypt-usb-encrypted-with-bitlocker-in-windows-and-linux-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nIf you have attached a BitLocker password to protect the USB files, here you can learn the effective way to <strong>decrypt BitLocker encrypted USB<\/strong>. We will analyze the steps for both Windows and Linux users.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#win\">Decrypt the USB Encrypted with BitLocker on Windows PC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#linux\">Decrypt\/Open the BitLocker Encrypted USB on Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"win\">How to Decrypt A USB Encrypted with BitLocker on Windows PC<\/h2>\n<h3>Option 1: Turn off BitLocker via Windows built-in function<\/h3>\n<p>Step 1: Open <strong>Control Panel<\/strong> &gt; <strong>System and Security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>BitLocker Drive Encryption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Click <strong>Manage BitLocker<\/strong> and you will see that there are many options for the BitLocker encrypted USB. Choose <strong>Turn Off BitLocker<\/strong> and make a confirmation at the prompt. Then, it will start the decryption process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manage-bitlocker-windows.png\" alt=\"manage bitlocker windows\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manage-bitlocker-windows.png 650w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manage-bitlocker-windows-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Option 2: Turn off BitLocker via iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/bitlocker-genius\/for-windows.html\">iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows<\/a> is the best alternative for Windows built-in BitLocker, which simplifies the BitLocker encryption and decryption process. It offers a more powerful function and considerate settings for users.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Start the software on your Windows PC. Then, right-click the drive and select the <strong>Turn off BitLocker<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/click-turn-off-bitlocker-option.png\" alt=\"click Turn off BitLocker option\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/click-turn-off-bitlocker-option.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/click-turn-off-bitlocker-option-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: You can directly click the <strong>Decrypt<\/strong> button to decrypt the BitLocker protection of your USB. Besides, if the USB disk is large and you have no time to wait for 100% decryption, you can tick the box of Shutdown computer after completion setting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hit-the-decrypt-button.png\" alt=\"decrypt BitLocker USB\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hit-the-decrypt-button.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hit-the-decrypt-button-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 3:\u00a0 You successfully decrypt the USB BitLocker protection. Now everyone can access the USB to reach the data.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/turn-off-bitlocker-successfully.png\" alt=\"decrypt USB successfully\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/turn-off-bitlocker-successfully.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/turn-off-bitlocker-successfully-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"linux\">How to Decrypt\/Open BitLocker Encrypted USB on Linux<\/h2>\n<p>In other situations, you may need to decrypt BitLocker encrypted USB on Linux. After all, Linux is a powerful, free and open-source operating system\u00a0that welcomed\u00a0by\u00a0developers. Fortunately, it&#8217;s possible to open BitLocker\u00a0on Linux with only five steps.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Install <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Aorimn\/dislocker\">Dislocker<\/a> before open BitLocker drive on Linux.<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Press\u00a0<strong>Ctrl+Alt +T<\/strong> to open the Terminal.<\/li>\n<li>Type &#8220;<strong>sudo\u00a0user<\/strong>&#8221; and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your login password for the current account. <strong>Note:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t use the numerical\u00a0keypad and the Linux won&#8217;t show you how many digits you&#8217;ve entered.<\/li>\n<li>Execute the &#8220;<strong>sudo apt-get install dislocker<\/strong>&#8221; command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-dislocker.png\" alt=\"install-dislocker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-dislocker.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-dislocker-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Set up a folder to mount the BitLocker drive.<\/h3>\n<p>To mount the BitLocker encrypted drive, we have to create a folder for it. You can run the command lines below and hit Enter at the end of each line.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sudo mkdir \/media\/bitlocker<\/li>\n<li>sudo mkdir \/media\/mount<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"51\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mount-bitlocker-drive.png\" alt=\"mount bitlocker drive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mount-bitlocker-drive.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mount-bitlocker-drive-300x26.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: View your BitLocker drive.<\/h3>\n<p>Then we need to find out which is the target BitLocker USB drive. We can identify the BitLocker drive based on its size. Execute the command:<\/p>\n<p><strong>sudo fdisk -l<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe you need to scroll down to find it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/find-bitlocker-drive.png\" alt=\"find bitlocker drive on Linux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/find-bitlocker-drive.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/find-bitlocker-drive-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 4: Decrypt BitLocker with recovery key in Linux.<\/h3>\n<p>Replace your drive with <strong>sdb1<\/strong> and your recovery key with YourPassword but don&#8217;t remove\u00a0 &#8220;-p&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sudo dislocker -r -V \/dev\/sdb1 -pYourPassword &#8212; \/media\/bitlocker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"34\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/unlock-bitlocker-on-linux.png\" alt=\"unlock bitlocker on linux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/unlock-bitlocker-on-linux.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/unlock-bitlocker-on-linux-300x17.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Step 5: Mount the BitLocker drive.<\/h3>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s mount the BitLocker drive on Linux.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sudo mount -r -o loop \/media\/bitlocker\/dislocker-file \/media\/mount<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"32\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/how-to-open-bitlocker-on-linux.png\" alt=\"how to open bitlocker on linux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/how-to-open-bitlocker-on-linux.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/how-to-open-bitlocker-on-linux-300x16.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If it shows that you don&#8217;t have the permission to access, you can switch to root state.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sudo -i<\/li>\n<li>cd \/media\/bitlocker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After that, you can open the BitLocker drive on Linux to\u00a0transfer files between Windows and Linux.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Related Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/mac\/how-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-external-hard-drive-on-mac.html\">How to Unlock BitLocker Encrypted External Hard Drive on Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/computer\/how-to-create-encrypted-container-file-with-bitlocker.html\">How to Create an Encrypted Container File with BitLocker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password\/how-to-set-your-computer-to-boot-from-usb-drive.html\">How to Set the Computer Boot from USB Drive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have attached a BitLocker password to protect the USB files, here you can learn the 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