Microsoft removes Authenticator App feature to promote Microsoft Edge

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Microsoft Authenticator is a free security application by Microsoft. Its main function is the generation of security codes for two-factor authentication to better protect online accounts such as your eBay account. Microsoft extended functionality in the past so that users could also save passwords for apps or websites in Authenticator to have them autofilled when prompted.

This particular feature is going away, according to a Microsoft support article.

The details:

• Starting June 2025, Microsoft Authenticator users will no longer be able to save new passwords in the application.
  
• From July 2025 onward, autofill functionality is removed and no longer available.
  
• In August 2025, saved passwords are no longer accessible in the Authenticator app.
  

In other words: Microsoft is removing the option to store password in Authenticator and have them autofilled in the coming months.

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