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November 8, 2013

Removing PGP WDE from the command line in OS X or Linux.

Removing PGP Whole Disk Encryption from the command line in OS X or Linux.
These steps were performed on OS X 10.7 * 10.8 but should on other versions also.


First Verify that the drive is encrypted and get the disk number
1. Go to command line and type "sudo pgpwde --status"
2. You should see a response saying either the "Encryption Process is running in the background." or something stating the drive is fully encrypted.


Steps to decrypt
1. Open the command line and type "sudo pgpwde --decrypt --disk # --passphrase ''
2. type "sudo pgpwde --status" and you should see "Encryption removal process is running in the background"
3. Continue to monitor the "sudo pgpwde --status" command until the decryption is complete.



If you reboot and notice that the PGP BootGuard is still showing even after decrypting run the following command.
1. Go to command line and type "sudo pgpwde --unstrument --disk 0"



Removing PGP from command line in Windows

First Verify that the drive is encrypted and get the disk number
1. Go to command line and type "sudo pgpwde --status"
2. You should see a response saying either the "Disk 0 is Encrypted" or "Encryption Process is running in the background."
3. Make a note of the disk number

Steps to decrypt
1. Open the command line and type and navigate to the pgp folder inside of Program Files(x86)
2. Type the following command "pgpwde --decrypt --disk #  --passphrase "universalpassword"
3. Type "pgpwde --status" and you should see "Encryption removal process is running in the background"

3. Continue to monitor the "sudo pgpwde --status" command until the decryption is complete.