Microsoft Plans to Turn Microsoft Authenticator Into an Authenticator

Microsoft has announced changes to its Authenticator app. According to the company’s support documentation, the autofill for passwords in the Authenticator app will stop working in July 2025. From August 2025, passwords will no longer be accessible within the app at all.
In practice, this means that any passwords not exported or saved elsewhere will be lost after August. Microsoft has already removed the option to add or import new passwords into the app as of last month, though autofill for existing passwords will continue to work through July, as reported by Hacker News.
“Starting July 2025, the autofill feature in Authenticator will stop working, and from August 2025, passwords will no longer be accessible in Authenticator,” Microsoft now says.
Saved passwords and addresses will be synced with users’ Microsoft accounts, so they will be available for use in the Edge web browser if it is set as the default autofill provider.
Payment information stored in the Authenticator will be deleted after July and will not be moved automatically. If you use Authenticator to manage your passwords, please export your credentials. You can then import them into another service like Apple iCloud Keychain or Google Password Manager.
All this does not affect passkeys. If you use passkeys for your Microsoft account, you must keep the Authenticator app enabled. If you disable the app, your passkeys will also stop working. The Authenticator app will continue to give users secure one-time codes and passwordless approvals.
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