This guide will help you easily remove old or unused BitLocker recovery keys from your Microsoft account.

BitLocker is a tool in Windows that helps keep your files safe by locking your drive. Only you or people with permission can open it. When you save new files on a BitLocker-protected drive, those files are also kept safe automatically.

You can use BitLocker to protect different types of drives:

External drives like USB sticks
Fixed drives inside your computer
Your main Windows drive (where your system is installed)

When you turn on BitLocker for your main Windows drive, it usually unlocks automatically when your PC starts using a special security chip called TPM. You don’t have to enter a password every time.

During setup, Windows asks you to save a special “recovery key.” This key is very important because it helps you unlock your drive if you forget your password or if something goes wrong.

You can save this recovery key in different ways:

In your Microsoft account online
On a USB flash drive
As a printed paper copy

If you lose your recovery key and can’t fix your PC in other ways, you might have to reset or reinstall Windows, which can erase your files.

If you erased or reset a device that had BitLocker turned on, the old recovery key saved for that device won’t work anymore. So, there’s no need to keep it saved if you don’t need it.

How to Delete BitLocker Recovery Keys from Your Microsoft Account

Follow these simple steps to remove recovery keys you no longer need from your Microsoft account:

Go to the BitLocker recovery keys page on the Microsoft website.
Sign in with your Microsoft account email and password if asked.
You will see a list of recovery keys saved to your account.
Find the key you want to delete. Click on the More options button (it looks like three dots) next to that key.
Click Delete to remove the key.
Confirm that you want to delete the key when asked.

Here is what it looks like on the website:

Delete BitLocker recovery key from Microsoft account — Choose the recovery key and click the three dots to delete it.

Confirm deleting BitLocker recovery key — Confirm you want to delete the recovery key.

That’s all! The recovery key will be removed from your account.

Summary

Removing old BitLocker recovery keys helps keep your Microsoft account organized and secure.
It’s easy to manage these keys online by following the steps above.
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