Autofill is a lifesaver—until it’s not. Microsoft Authenticator will soon stop saving your passwords, meaning it’s time to switch to Edge or move on to better alternatives.
Say Goodbye to Password Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator
If you use Microsoft’s Authenticator to autofill passwords on your phone, you’ll soon see a warning to export your passwords and move to Microsoft Edge or other password managers by July 2025, if you haven’t already. The feature will be removed from Authenticator by August 2025.
The alert links to aMicrosoft support articlethat provides a full timeline of the feature’s deprecation as follows:
Since your saved passwords and addresses are synced to your Microsoft account, you’re able to still access them from Edge’s built-in password manager, even if you don’t export your password data from Authenticator. Your generated password history, however, isn’t synced. Meaning if you’ve used Authenticator’s password generator feature to create any accounts, you need to save any generated passwords from theGenerator historysection found within thePasswordtab into your saved passwords.
Exporting your passwords from Microsoft Authenticator is a simple process. Follow these steps:
Keep in mind that your passwords aren’t encrypted in the CSV file and are clearly readable. Delete this file as soon as you’re done importing and don’t share it with anyone.
Note that this only applies to Authenticator’s password manager. The rest of the app, including its multi-factor code generator and passkey support, will continue working as usual.
Other Tools Do It Better Anyway
Microsoft, obviously, wants you to start using Edge’s autofill capabilities, which gives you another reason to switch to their browser on mobile if you’re using another browser. If you don’t want to use Edge, don’t startsaving your passwords in your notes appjust yet; there are better options available.
There areprecautions with which you’re able to use your browser password manager, whether you’re on a PC or phone, however, a dedicated password manager is always the way to go. We’ve got a list ofthe best password managers for every occasionto get you started. My recommendation would beProton Pass, but feel free to experiment with other options like1PasswordorBitwarden.
The 6 Best Proton Pass Features You’re Not Using
Proton Pass is much more than just a bog-standard password manager.
Whether you’re willing to pay for a password manager or not, there are good options available. Most, if not all, password managers you can download on your Android or iOS device will support autofill as well, so you won’t be missing any functionality, but would be getting better password management and generation capabilities.
