Is there a way to disable passkeys in Windows 11?

Hi Jefronty,

I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

There is a prompt for disabling Windows Hello Authentication in Chrome, but not for Edge as I see.

Do you use Chrome or Edge to sign in?

Please keep us posted.

The browser I use most often is Brave and I checked the settings. Windows Hello is disabled already. I've updated my post to include a screenshot of the prompt I'm asking about.

Are you going to wish to use the new passkey authentication to log into websites without using a password or requiring your key as these add support in the future? If so,, you'll need to have support for passkeys to allow this, though I'm not completely certain how your Yubikey will interact with this since it depends a lot on the support of different vendors that's still evolving.

As for the new prompt itself, that specific issue is something that many with security keys have already complained about, since it's the fact the prompt displays as the first selection with no ability to disable that's truly annoying for those with keys.

Since passkeys are new and these sorts of annoyances are likely until Microsoft figures out how best to reduce or remove them such as allowing you to either prioritize or possibly defaulting to the last used selection instead, I'd probably just wait for those options to appear. It may take some time, but enough are already complaining that it's likely some sort of configurability or more likely automation will eventually occur as they figure this all out.

Until then, I'd look for or simply open your own Feedback item for this to let Microsoft know it's an irritant you'd like to see fixed, since nothing here will get any real attention.

< EDIT > To be clear, the true problem here is no prioritization or selection available, not the passkeys themselves, since of course you'll want to support those, the only question is precisely how and with which devices(s), which of course Microsoft won't wish to artificially limit for a tiny group of security key users. Reworking the menu popups to support all of these effectively is what will require some thought and redesign.

Rob

Thank you.

What if you add a Passkey in Settings > Accounts > Passkeys? Technically, if you add a passkey, it should show on the prompt.

Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

I think the fact that I've not added any passkeys makes the fact that I'm asked to use one while logging in worse.