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Enable or Disable Encrypting File System in Windows 11
How to Enable or Disable Encrypting File System in Windows 11
How to Enable Encrypting File System in Windows 11
1. In the taskbar, click the Search icon.
2. In the search bar, type Command Prompt.
3. Run the command prompt as administrator.
4. To enable the EFS feature, write the below command and hit Enter:
fsutil behavior set disableencryption 0
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How to Disable File System Encryption in Windows 11
1. In the taskbar, click the Search icon.
2. In the search bar, type Command Prompt.
3. Run the command prompt as administrator.
4. To disable the EFS feature, write the below command and hit Enter:
fsutil behavior set disableencryption 1
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One thing to note is that you need to run the cmd as administrator.
Is this available in Windows 11 Home?
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ammarjaved it's not working for me im using windows 11, i have to encrypt my files for the webpage my team are creating
This didn't work for me. Is there a recent update that took away the option to enable EFS from the command prompt? I restarted and still cannot use this feature. ammarjaved
- See the following article
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-11-home-device-encryption/70c3018f-4ddc-4aa6-9f55-0deeb2cd0105 Same here. I reckon that the 'Device Encryption' option under the 'Privacy and Security' settings should be present on the computer in order to enable EFS, innit?
You would think so but it's not available on Windows 11 as far as I'm seeing unless it's reserved to Enterprise users. Shubham1595
