You can make your Microsoft account far more secure if you ditch your password. But if you plan to do so, there's a step you absolutely must not skip.

On Aug. 1, the Microsoft Authenticator app will no longer store or manage passwords, which could be a problem for a lot of ...

In some cases, you’ll be able to remove the information yourself – for example, in profiles you created. In other cases, you ...

Passwords and saved addresses that were in the Authenticator app have not been deleted; rather, they've been moved to ...

If you use Microsoft Authenticator to manage your online credentials, big changes are coming in just a few weeks.

This so-called passwordless future is based on a new form of login credential known as the passkey, which itself is largely based on another technology -- public key cryptography -- that's been around ...

Microsoft has announced a significant change to its authentication strategy by removing password management features from the Microsoft Authenticator app, as part of its broader move toward ...

The Microsoft Authenticator app will delete all saved passwords in August 2025 with users urged to export them and move them elsewhere.