Accounts Delete Passkey for App or Website in Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to delete passkeys saved for apps and websites on your Windows 11 device.

Microsoft believes that the future is passwordless. Passkeys will allow you to replace passwords when you sign into a web site or application that supports them. Passkeys represent a future where bad actors will have a much harder time stealing and using your credentials when signing into a web site or application. Passkeys are phish-resistant, recoverable, and faster for users.

Enroll and use passkey to sign into apps and websites: Microsoft is improving the passkey experience for Windows users. You can now go to any app or website that supports passkeys to create and sign in using passkeys with the Windows Hello native experience. Once a passkey is created, you can use your local or Microsoft account's Windows Hello (face, fingerprint, PIN) to sign in. In addition, you can use your phone to complete the application logon process.

Manage passkeys saved to your Windows device: Microsoft is giving you fundamental control over how you can manage the passkeys saved to your Windows device. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361,, you can now view and delete passkeys saved for your favorite apps/websites from Windows settings.

Deleting a passkey for a website saved to your Windows device does not remove/delete the passkey from your account settings on the website.


References:

Manage your saved passkeys - Microsoft Support

Learn how to view and manage your saved passkeys.
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com
www.microsoft.com

Pushing passkeys forward: Microsoft’s latest updates for simpler, safer sign-ins | Microsoft Security Blog

Join us in embracing passkeys for secure, passwordless sign-ins. Learn more about our commitment to a safer digital future.
www.microsoft.com

Create and save a passkey - Microsoft Support

Learn how to create and save a passkey to sign in to your Microsoft personal or work/school account and many other websites, apps and services.
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com

What are passkeys and why they matter - Microsoft Support

Learn about passkeys and how they are used in Windows.
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com
www.passkeys.io

Websites and Apps with Passkey Support

See which websites and applications already support Passkeys as an authentication method or are currently working on integrations.
www.passkeys.io www.passkeys.io


Here's How:

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Accounts on the left side, and click/tap on Passkeys on the right side. (see screenshot below)


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3 Click/tap on the 3 dots button for the app or website you want to delete the passkey for, and click/tap on Delete Passkey. (see screenshot below)

Some passkeys for login.microsoft.com can't be deleted, as they're used with your Microsoft Account for signing in to the device and Microsoft services.

"This passkey can't be deleted because it's required to sign in to this device."

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4 Click/tap on Delete Passkey to confirm. (see screenshot below)

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5 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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The passkey for a website does not have to be the pass key for Login to Windows does it?
 

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Josey Wales said:
The passkey for a website does not have to be the pass key for Login to Windows does it?
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You can use whichever Windows Hello sign-in options you set up.
 

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Brink said:
Hello, :alien:

4 is just the default, you can specify a larger minimum PIN length.

www.elevenforum.com

Change Minimum Windows Hello PIN Length in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change minimum Windows Hello PIN length requirements for all local and Microsoft accounts on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Windows Hello PIN is safer than a password. The PIN is bound to the device so hackers cannot steal it and sign-in to your account from a...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
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Thank you Brink, this forum had more complete data than some Passkey sites. I had deleted my post on this thread since soon after posting the question I found similar answer on

Passkey Security Question

I have finally began setting up passkey access to critical accounts. I'm using my laptop with Windows 11 Hello; I'm not doing this with my iPhone. There are three options I've seen: a face recognition, a finger print or a PIN. I've used a PIN for access. (Don't want to uncover my camera.) Is...
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And I also thanked antspants there for his input on this premise and others.
 

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RH247a said:
But I'm curious why did they limit the pin to only 4 digits when most password managers suggest you use at least 16 Alphanumeric characters?
Seems more vulnerable to a brute force attack if the device is stolen and they can try over and over within the limits allowed. There's ever charts on the web that show the most used Pin numbers and 26% of them were birthday numbers not that hard to find. Appreciate any input on this.
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For systems with TPM 2.0, the TPM is configured by Windows to lock after 32 authorization failures and to forget one authorization failure every 10 minutes. ...
Windows requires that authorization failures are forgotten when the system is running normally, in a sleep mode, or in low power states other than off.

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Trying all 10,000 combinations of a 4-digit PIN (at 32 attempts every 320 minutes) would take 70 days of continuous uptime.

For 1,000,000 combinations of a 6-digit PIN it would take 19 years of continuous uptime.

16 alphanumeric characters would take 906 trillion trillion years!
 
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