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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  1. Guide for Hideez Key

Proximity Lock

Hideez Key — Proximity Lock

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Last updated 1 year ago

To lock your PC, you can:

  • use the - blocking will occur when the Bluetooth signal level drops below a certain value

  • even when you are near it

Lock your PC by proximity

You can read about the proximity mechanism and its limitations .

The step-by-step algorithm for configuring PC lock by proximity is described .

Forced methods to lock your PC

Method 1

Press the Win + L key combination on the keyboard. The PC will be locked. Method 2

Unpair key in Windows Bluetooth devices.

Proximity mechanism
Forcibly lock your PC
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