US EditionYes, Microsoft Is Deleting Your Passwords in 5 Weeks. Here's What You Need to Do ASAP
- Microsoft will end password autofill in Authenticator starting July 2025 and delete all saved passwords in August 2025.
- This change follows Microsoft's ongoing effort to phase out passwords due to their insecurity and replace them with more secure passkeys.
- Passkeys are phishing resistant, rely on device biometrics or PINs, and Authenticator will continue supporting them despite retiring password functions.
- Microsoft warned that 16 billion passwords have been breached and bad actors are accelerating attacks before the password era ends.
- Users should migrate saved passwords to other managers or Edge and enable passkeys soon to maintain account security and access.
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Microsoft will start DELETING your passwords next month, and there's nothing you can do to stop it
Microsoft will delete any passwords saved in its Authenticator app next month — and there's no way to stop it.The dramatic measures are part of a months-long winding down of the Microsoft Authenticator app, which started last month when the US technology company blocked users from saving any new passwords within the app. In the coming days, Microsoft Authenticator will lose the ability to autofill usernames and passwords in browsers and mobile a…
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