Heads up if you’ve been using Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager: the app is phasing out support for password autofill, and all saved passwords will be deleted by August. Here’s what to do.

Users of Microsoft apps are having a rough year. First, in May, the Windows maker shut down the popular VOIP calling app, Skype, for good. Microsoft said it was done so that the company could focus on ...

Microsoft Authenticator to stop saving new passwords June 1. Update, May 4, 2025: This story, originally published May 2, has been updated with further information on the use of passkeys by Microsoft, ...

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Microsoft Authenticator is sunsetting its ability to store your passwords. This month, the service stopped allowing users to add or import new passwords. Beginning in July 2025, users will no longer ...

FILE - A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) (Jason Redmond ...

If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, you may notice that the Passwords section is missing one of its core functions. True to its word from earlier this month, Microsoft has removed the password ...

FILE - A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company’s headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator ...