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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Changing master password

Hideez Key — Changing master password

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A master password is required to perform some actions with Hideez Key:

  • authorization (a PIN code's analogue in some cases)

  • to configure Access settings

  • to change the PIN code

It cannot be restored, so take its creation seriously. If you forget it, the only way to restore it is

To change the master password, click on the Change master password button in the Vault settings section. Enter the current master password, the new one (twice), and click the Confirm button.

to clean HK (Wipe) completely.