Windows 10: Where do I locate my bitlocker recovery key or keys to get back into my windows 11 laptop

HI I have bitlocker on my dell laptop. I was wondering if someone could tell me something If I am ever prosented with the bitlocker recovery screen what bitlocker key would I use to put into the blank space on the bilocker reovery scrren white box so I can get back into my windows 11 laptop.I am just wanting to now this in case this ever happens. I use a free outlook accountWindows 11Home23h2

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Bitlocker Recovery Key Question

I use bitlocker on a old windows 10 pro laptop. I will not be using this laptop. I now use bitlocker on a windows 11 pro laptop and this is going to be my main laptop. I have the bitlocker recovery key for both laptops on a usb flash drive. It is safe to save these recovery key to dropbox/gmail? Because if someone has access to my bitlocker recovery key, they still need the physical windows laptop in order to access it right? Now I read people store their bitlocker recovery key in the microsoft account. Do most do that? Do people here do it with a usb flash drive? The issue here is if you put it in a usb flash drive, don't you need to encrypt it? Because if your laptop is there and also the flash drive, well someone can just enter the bitlocker recovery key and bypass the password? So best location to putt he bitlocker recovery key? Should it be 2 places? Should it be encrypted? If so, what encryption?

 

bitlocker recovery key

Hi Singh,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. Are you not able login to your computer due to BitLocker Recovery Key?
2. Did you ever setup BitLocker Recovery Key on your computer?
3. Are you not able to login to your Microsoft Account to find the BitLocker Recovery Key?
4. Are you using Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Professional?

Meanwhile, try finding BitLocker Recovery Key if you have ever setup BitLocker Recovery Key for your computer.

Please elaborate on the issue, so that we can understand the concern and get back to us to help you further.

 

Bitlocker Recovery Key

No, no other accounts.

What puzzles me is why the Bitlocker recovery key is not listed on the microsoft account, but there is a recovery key listed there for a computer I do not recognise.

I have several laptops but only the HP Envy has had Bitlocker on it. So what key is this on my account? And why isn't the Envy key there?