How to Reset Forgotten BitLocker Password in Windows 10

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 30, 2024

Want to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive but you forget its password? This situation may happen when the BitLocker drive isn't used for a long time. Luckily, you can open your BitLocker drive with the recovery key. However, to access your BitLocker drive easily, it's a good choice to reset the forgotten BitLocker password in your Windows 10 laptop and then use it to read your BitLocker drive conveniently. So, how to reset the forgotten BitLocker password? Here, 2 methods are summed up for you.

1. Way 1. Apply Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Function
2. Way 2. Use iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows
3. Tips: Forgot BitLocker Password and Recovery Key—What to Do?

Way 1. Apply Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Function

Step 1: Go to This PC folder and double-click the BitLocker drive.

Step 2: Click More options in the pop-out box. Then choose Enter recovery key.

Step 3: Input the recovery key in the bar. After that, tap Unlock button in the lower-right corner of the box.

Step 4: Select Manage BitLocker in the right-click menu of the unlocked BitLocker drive.

Step 5: In the BitLocker Drive Encryption window (displayed after selecting Manage BitLocker option), click the small arrow in the section of the unlocked BitLocker drive and then choose Change password of the drop-down menu.

Step 6: Hit the Reset a forgotten password button in the "Change-password" window.

Step 7: Enter your new password when a window is shown to ask for creating a new BitLocker password. Then, click Finish option to start the operation.

Step 8: Click OK when a small box is popped out to tell you that the password has been changed.

Way 2. Use iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows

It's also available to reset the BitLocker password with iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows, an ideal alternative to Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, which can manage the BitLocker drive in an easier and intuitive way. Now, let's read on to see how does this smart tool reset the forgotten BitLocker password for you.

Step 1: Install and run iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows on your PC.

Step 2: Right-click the BitLocker drive whose password is forgotten and click Unlock Drive option.

Step 3: Choose Recovery key option, enter the recovery key in the bar and hit Unlock button to unlock your BitLocker drive.

Step 4: Instantly, the BitLocker drive will be unlocked and you will receive a notice box. You can click OK button to continue.

Step 5: Right-click the unlocked BitLocker drive and select Change Password option.

Step 6: Set a new BitLocker password and type it again to confirm it. After that, hit Change button to make your settings take effect.

Step 7: When the BitLocker password is changed successfully, a small message will be popped out to remind you.

Tips: Forgot BitLocker Password and Recovery Key—What to Do?

The above two ways are using the recovery key to unlock the BitLocker drive so as to reset the forgotten BitLocker password. What if you forgot both the BitLocker password and recovery key file? Don’t worry, you can recover the BitLocker password with iSunshare UBitkey in such situation.

iSunshare UBitkey offers three BitLocker password recovery methods for users: Burte Force, Mask and Dictionary. You can pick one of them according to how much you know about the password. After that, it is available for you to define the password settings, such as which digit it contains. When everything is ready, you can hit the Start button and wait patiently until the software presents your BitLocker password.

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