Save a passkey in Windows (2024)

Follow these steps to create a passkey from a Windows device:

1. Open a website or app that supports passkeys

2. Create a passkey from your account settings

3. Choose where to save the passkey. By default, Windows offers to save the passkey locally if you're using Windows Hello. If you select the option Use another device, you can choose to save the passkey in one of the following locations:

   • This Windows device: the passkey is saved locally on your Windows device, and protected by Windows Hello (biometrics and PIN)

   • iPhone, iPad or Android device: the passkey is saved on a phone or tablet, protected by the device's biometrics, if offered by the device. This option requires you to scan a QR code with your phone or tablet, which must be in proximity of the Windows device

   • Linked device: the passkey is saved on a phone or tablet, protected by the device's biometrics, if offered by the device. This option requires the linked deviceto be in proximity of the Windows device, and it'sonly supported for Android devices

   • Security key: the passkey is saved to a FIDO2 security key, protected by the key's unlock mechanism (for example, biometrics or PIN)

4. Select Next and complete the process on the chosendevice