Hideez Key 4 (EN)
  • Hideez Key 4 – User Manual
  • Guide for Hideez Key
    • Quickstart Guide
    • Configuration app
    • Hideez Client Interface & Main Settings
      • Main Settings
        • Automatic RDP Launch and Logon
    • Account management
      • Adding accounts for websites & apps. Generating OTPs
      • Editing existing accounts
      • Deleting accounts
    • Vault Settings
      • Creating Primary account to unlock your PC
      • Access Settings
      • Changing master password
      • PC locking / unlocking methods (Proximity Settings)
      • Backups, Data export & import
    • Proximity Lock
    • Proximity Unlock
    • Uninstall Hideez Client app
    • Service Operations
      • Firmware update through utility
      • Firmware update through Web
      • Battery maintenance
      • Wiping the device
      • How to get log files from Hideez Client
  • Passwordless Sign-In and 2FA
    • Pairing Hideez Key with Windows
    • Using Hideez Key 4 with macOS and Linux via USB
      • Adding Hideez Key 4 to your Google Account on macOS and Linux
      • Adding Hideez Key 4 to your Microsoft account on macOS and Linux
    • Pairing Hideez Key with Android devices
    • Using Hideez Key with iOS devices
    • Setting up passwordless logins and 2FA
  • Upgrading
    • Hideez Client Update
  • Physical Access
    • Using Hideez Key as an RFID card
  • SUPPORT
    • Troubleshooting
  • Documentation portal (home)
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  • Reconnect security keys
  1. Guide for Hideez Key

Hideez Client Interface & Main Settings

Hideez Client – Interface and Settings

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Last updated 11 months ago

The left panel is as follows:

  • Application name (1) and version (2)

  • Hideez key serial number and firmware version (3)

  • Bluetooth signal strength (4) (as the distance from the computer to the Hideez key increases, the value decreases)

  • Battery level (5) (hover to display)

  • Vault settings – menu item for displaying basic settings (6)

  • Password Manager – a menu item for the password management (7)

  • Settings – menu item for general settings (8)

  • Help –– link to the documentation portal (9)

  • Bluetooth Indicator (10)

You can see such button:

It means that the authorization procedure for accessing the data stored on the key failed. Another indication is the red "Authorized" indicator. In this case, the Password Manager menu section will not be displayed.

Vault settings

Basic information about Hideez Key is displayed:

  • Hideez Key name

  • Serial number

  • MAC address

  • % free storage space (accounts are stored in dedicated storage 80KB)

  • Firmware version

  • Bootloader version

Indicators:

  • Connected – connection between Hideez Key and the User's endpoint. A green light means a connection is established, a red light means there is no connection. To establish a connection, the Hideez Key must be kept within the range of the PC Bluetooth connection and paired with the PC via Bluetooth.

  • Authorized – a secure channel has been established between the application and Hideez Key.

  • Storage loaded – the status of data load from the key. The green indicator means that the key is authorized, the data is uploaded and the Password manager menu item is available. A red indicator means that the key cannot pass authorization.

Password manager

Information about all user accounts (account name and login) is displayed. Use the search by account name and login to quickly find the desired account.

Reconnect security keys

Unlock accounts are marked with a corresponding icon in the general list of accounts - and for them can be edited only passwords from the Vault settings section on the corresponding PC.