Hideez Key 4 (EN)
  • Hideez Key 4 – User Manual
  • Guide for Hideez Key
    • Quickstart Guide
    • Configuration app
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      • Main Settings
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    • Account management
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      • Editing existing accounts
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    • Vault Settings
      • Creating Primary account to unlock your PC
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      • Changing master password
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    • Proximity Lock
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    • 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
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Wiping the device

Hideez Key — Wiping the device

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Last updated 1 year ago

Wipe is a process of complete and irrevocable data deletion from your Hideez Key.

In order to wipe the device, go to the Vault settings section and click the Wipe button at the bottom of the page.

Check out the notification and confirm your decision by clicking the Start wipe button.

Once you confirm the wipe, the button will flash yellow, press and hold it for 10 seconds.

To cancel the Wipe procedure, make a single press on the button on the device at any time before the end of Wipe.