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How to Remove Encryption 
Please note that TrueCrypt can in-place decrypt only system partitions and system drives 
(select System > Permanently Decrypt System Partition/Drive). If you need to remove encryption 
(e.g., if you no longer need encryption) from a non-system volume, please follow these steps: 
1. Mount the TrueCrypt volume.
2. Move all files from the TrueCrypt volume to any location outside the TrueCrypt volume (note 
that the files will be decrypted on the fly).
3. Dismount the TrueCrypt volume.
4. If the TrueCrypt volume is file-hosted, delete it (the container) just like you delete any other 
file. 
If the volume is partition-hosted (applies also to USB flash drives), in addition to the steps 
1-3, do the following:
a. Right-click the ‘Computer’ (or ‘My Computer’) icon on your desktop, or in the Start 
Menu, and select Manage. The ‘Computer Management’ window should appear.
b. In the Computer Management window, from the list on the left, select ‘Disk 
Management’ (within the Storage sub-tree).
c. Right-click the partition you want to decrypt and select ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths’.
d. The ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths’ window should appear. If no drive letter is 
displayed in the window, click Add. Otherwise, click Cancel.
If you clicked Add, then in the ‘Add Drive Letter or Path’ (which should have appeared), 
select a drive letter you want to assign to the partition and click OK. 
e. In the Computer Management window, right-click the partition you want to decrypt again 
and select Format. The Format window should appear.
f. In the Format window, click OK. After the partition is formatted, it will no longer be 
required to mount it with TrueCrypt to be able to save or load files to/from the partition.