Users of Microsoft Authenticator have been warned to save lots of all their passwords before the corporate plans to phase out its password management system starting next month.
Microsoft Authenticator, known for providing two-factor authentication for online accounts, also stores and autofills passwords for apps and web sites.
Nonetheless, starting June 1, the app will stop saving recent passwords as Microsoft shifts password management to its Edge browser.
By July 1, the autofill function in Authenticator will probably be disabled, and any saved payment information, including bank card details, will probably be deleted.
Microsoft has noted that this payment data won’t routinely transfer to Edge, so users might want to re-enter their card details manually.
By August, all previously saved passwords will probably be faraway from the Authenticator app entirely.
The corporate says that anyone who wants to maintain using their passwords and log-ins after August must download Microsoft Edge onto their phone and other devices.
The move is geared toward streamlining password access and autofill across all platforms using Edge’s integrated password manager.
