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
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  1. Guide for Hideez Key
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Creating Primary account to unlock your PC

Hideez Key — Creating and managing an account to unlock PC

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If you want to use Hideez Key not only to enter credentials into applications, but also to unlock your PC, you need to add a Primary account, an account for unlocking your PC. Such an account can only exist in a single copy per PC user.

Create an account to unlock your PC

Go to the Vault settings section (1) > Lock and Unlock block (2), check the Use this device to Unlock the PC checkbox (3). After the checkbox becomes active, a block with the already specified username and a field for entering a password will be displayed to the right of it (4). Enter your password. Select the Unlock mode (5) and, if necessary, specify the Unlock values ​​for the proximity mechanism (6). Save the changes by clicking the Save button (7).

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The account will be saved and displayed in the Password manager section.

Editing an account to unlock a PC

You can edit this account or from the Vault settings section. Navigate to the Lock and Unlock block and click the Edit Password button.

Enter a new password and save your changes.

Please, refer to this article if you want to hide Hideez logon option or set it as default.

Learn more about the methods of unlocking your PC and the proximity mechanism