Macintosh hd can't be unlocked

I am stuck after trying to reinstall the OS on my Mac Book Pro. I accidentally deleted the Macintosh HD Data partition and now I am not able to install the OS as the system prompts that the HD cannot be unlocked.

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Posted on Apr 19, 2020 4:06 PM

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HWTech

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Apr 19, 2020 4:28 PM in response to pramodh114

Booting from either Recovery Mode or from a macOS USB installer launch Disk Utility. Click on "View" and select "Show All Devices" so that the physical drive appears in the left pane of Disk Utility. Erase the physical drive as GUID partition and APFS (top option). Then reinstall macOS.

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