# Show Filevault Recovery Key

### Description

Retrieves and displays the FileVault recovery key for a macOS device enrolled in Intune. This key is used to unlock the device if the user forgets their password or the device becomes locked.

### Location

Device → Security → Show Filevault Recovery Key

**Full Runbook name**

rjgit-device\_security\_show-filevault-recovery-key

### Permissions

#### Application permissions

* **Type**: Microsoft Graph
  * DeviceManagementManagedDevices.PrivilegedOperations.All
  * DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All

### Parameters

#### DeviceId

The Azure AD Device ID of the macOS device

| Property      | Value  |
| ------------- | ------ |
| Required      | true   |
| Default Value |        |
| Type          | String |

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