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Mark_Misky
Aug 26, 2025Copper Contributor
How to Encrypt files on One drive
Is there a way to encrypt photos and files on One Drive so that no one can access them even it they get hacked? I have read about bitlocker but not sure how it works. Someone said I need to encrpt my...
Mark_Misky
Sep 01, 2025Copper Contributor
Thank you that is very comprehensive. I like the Bitlocker option which I just got and enabled locally on my hard drive.
One last question. Since all of my files were uploaded to One Drive BEFORE I had Bitlocker enabled are they now automatically encrypted on One Drive? or do I need to download then to my hard drive again so they are encrypted and then upload again for an encrypted version to be on One Drive?