How to Remove Password from External Hard Drive Mac?

How to Decrypt External Drives on Mac

Connect the drive or volume you wish to decrypt to the Mac.
Select the external drive either from the hard drive or the Finder, or from the Devices menu in the Finder sidebar and rightclick on the drive icon, then choose “Decrypt DriveName…” from the list.

How do I Remove a Password from an External Hard Drive?

Plug your external hard hard drive to your computer and unlock it with the password.
Run the WD Security application.
Select the "Remove password" and type in your password and then click on the button that says "Update Security Settings" as shown in the picture below:

How do I Remove the Password from my Seagate External Hard Drive Mac?

Open Toolkit.
On the Main Menu, click on the device.
Click on the More icon ( ) and then click Disable.
A notification appears informing you that you will disable security. Enter your password to confirm, and then click Continue.

Use FileVault to Encrypt the Startup Disk on your Mac

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy.
Click the FileVault tab.
Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
Click Turn Off FileVault.