How to remove encryption from a filesystem encrypted with LUKS?

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Issue

  • How to remove LUKS encryption from a filesystem on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers encrypted with LUKS or LUKS2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (not using LUKS2 in RHEL 7.9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and greater using LUKS2

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