Disable Windows BitLocker at Windows 11 Installation

Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption by default. Read more here.

The good news is that it is still possible to perform a Windows 11 installation without BitLocker encryption being enabled by default.

Installing Windows 11 without BitLocker

During installation, you can disable BitLocker Device Encryption using a simple Registry edit.

When you arrive at screen 1 (see image below) press Shift + F10 to open the Command Prompt window.
Type regedit and press Enter to launch Registry Editor.
Navigate to the subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BitLocker
Right-click the empty side and select the New > Dword (32-bit) Value option from the context menu.
Name the value: PreventDeviceEncryption
Set the Value data field to 1 and click OK.
Close the Registry Editor and continue installation as usual.

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