How to enable Google Workspace Passkeys on Windows 11
Recently, Google announced Passkeys, a new, more secure way to access your Google Workspace account without needing a password. Because you no longer need a password, you have no chance of forgetting it, and it is much harder for someone to break into your account.
Due to PassKeys's benefits to security, there is an industry-wide push to get as many services and users set up with Passkeys. Therefore, setting up and generating Passkeys has been made easy for services that support the feature.
Setting up a Passkey on your Windows 11 machine.
As long as your Windows 11 is up to date with the latest version, 23H2 or later, and you have Windows Hello enabled, it supports PassKeys.
How to generate a Passkey for your Google Account:
Make sure you have Windows Hello enabled.
Open Google Chrome and visit https://myaccount.google.com/security.
Under the section How to sign in to Google, select Passkeys.
Next, select Create a Passkey.
Follow the onscreen instructions to create your Passkey.
Once you have created your Passkey, when you next need to log in to your Google account on the device you created the Passkey, you won't be required to enter your Google Workspace password.
Deleting a Passkey on your Windows 11 machine.
In Windows, open Settings.
Click on Accounts.
Under the Account Settings section, click Passkey Settings.
Click the three dots next to the account you want to delete and select Delete Passkey.
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