Hideez Key 3 Bundle (EN)
  • Hideez Key 3 (Bundle) – User Manual
  • Guide for Hideez Key (Bundle with BT adapter)
    • Quickstart Guide
    • Configuration app
    • Hideez Client Interface & Main Settings
      • General Settings
        • Logon
        • Language
        • Hotkeys
      • Experimental settings section
        • Automatic RDP Launch and Logon
        • Password manager caching
        • FIDO key removal lock
      • Service Operations
        • Firmware update
        • Battery maintenance
        • Wiping the device
    • Account management
      • Adding accounts for websites & apps. Generating OTPs
      • Editing existing accounts
      • Deleting accounts
    • Vault Settings
      • Creating Primary account to unlock your PC
      • Access Settings
      • Changing master password
      • PC locking / unlocking methods (Proximity Settings)
      • Backups, Data export & import
    • Proximity Lock
    • Proximity Unlock
    • Uninstall Hideez Client app
  • Passwordless FIDO Authentication and 2FA
    • Pairing Hideez Key with Windows
    • Setting up passwordless logins and 2FA
  • Upgrading
    • Hideez Client Update
  • Physical Access
    • Using Hideez Key as an RFID card
  • SUPPORT
    • Troubleshooting
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  1. Guide for Hideez Key (Bundle with BT adapter)

Proximity Lock

Hideez Key — Proximity Lock

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Last updated 1 year ago

To lock your PC, you can:

  • use the Proximity mechanism - blocking will occur when the Bluetooth signal level drops below a certain value

  • Forcibly lock your PC even when you are near it

Lock your PC by proximity

You can read about the proximity mechanism and its limitations here.

The step-by-step algorithm for configuring PC lock by proximity is described here.

Forced methods to lock your PC

Method 1

Click on the Disconnect vault button.

Confirm disconnection by clicking Yes. Don't remove bonds (if you want only lock PC, not to unpair the Key). The PC will be locked.

Method 2

Press the Win + L key combination on the keyboard. The PC will be locked.