Passkeys are a simple and secure alternative to passwords. With a passkey, you can sign in to your Google Account with your fingerprint, face scan, or device screen lock, like a PIN.
Passkeys provide the strongest protection against threats like phishing. Once you create a passkey, you can use it to easily sign in to your Google Account and to verify it’s you when you make sensitive changes.
- If your account has 2-Step Verification or is enrolled in the Advanced Protection Program, you will bypass your second authentication step by signing in with a passkey, since this verifies that you have possession of your device.
- If you have a Google Workspace account through your school or employer, you will not be able to use passkeys to sign in at this time.
Check what you need to create a passkey
You can create passkeys on these devices:
- A laptop or desktop that runs at least Windows 10, macOS Ventura, or ChromeOS 109
- A mobile device that runs at least iOS 16 or Android 9
- A hardware security key that supports the FIDO2 protocol
Your computer or mobile device will also need a supported browser like:
- Chrome 109 or up
- Safari 16 or up
- Edge 109 or up
To create and use a passkey, your device must have the following enabled:
- Screen lock
- Bluetooth
- If you want to use a passkey on a phone to sign in to another computer
Tip: To ensure the best passkeys experience, we recommend you update to the latest available releases for your operating system.
Depending on your operating system and browser, you may not be able to create or use passkeys while in private browsing mode like incognito or other equivalent.
Create a passkey
Important: When you create a passkey, you opt in to a passkey-first, password-less sign-in experience. Create passkeys only on personal devices that you control. Even if you sign out of your Google Account, once you create a passkey on a device, anyone who can unlock the device can sign back into your Google Account with the passkey.
You may need to sign in to your Google Account or verify it’s really you. For more information, go to g.co/passkeys.
- If your account already has passkeys, they will be listed here.
- If you have an Android phone signed in with this account, you may have passkeys registered automatically for you.
- To use passkeys for sign in, tap Use passkeys.
- If you don’t have any passkeys yet, tap Create a passkey
Continue.
- Follow the instructions.
- To complete the creation of your passkey, you may be required to unlock your device.
- To create passkeys on multiple devices, repeat these steps from those devices.
- You may also create a passkey on an external FIDO2 capable USB security key.
- Follow the instructions.
Continue.
Tip: Once you create your first passkey, you’re prompted to create a passkey on any supported device that you use to sign in to your Google Account. If you don’t want other users to access your account, do not create a passkey on a shared device.
Use your passkey to sign in on a different device
To sign in to your account on a computer, you can use a passkey created on a mobile device.
When you sign in on a computer with a passkey for the first time, a QR code appears on the computer. To sign in, scan the QR code with your phone’s camera. The next time you sign in with this computer and phone combination, you won’t need to scan a QR code.
After you sign in, you may be offered to create a passkey on the computer. Remember to accept only if you own or control the device.
Remove or opt out of passkeys
Remove a passkeyRemove a passkey you created
- Go to your Google Account.
- You may need to sign in.
- Select Security.
- Under “Signing in to Google,” tap Passkeys.
- Select the passkey you want to remove.
- Tap the
icon.
Remove a passkey automatically created by Android
To remove a passkey that was automatically created on your Android device, you need to remove the device from your Google Account.
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Go to your Google Account.
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On the left navigation panel, select Security.
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On the Your devices panel, select Manage all devices.
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Select the device
Sign out.
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If multiple sessions appear with the same device name, they could all come from the same device or multiple devices. If you want to make sure there’s no account access from a device, sign out of all the sessions with this device name.
Sign out.Tip: You can check google.com/devices to review all devices with access to your account.
- Go to your Google Account.
- You may need to sign in.
- Select Security.
- Turn off Skip password when possible.
Fix a problem about a lost or missing passkey
Lost or stolen device- On a device you’re able to access, sign in to your Google Account.
- Remove the passkey associated with the lost or stolen device.
If you have passkeys on your account but aren’t offered a passkey during sign-in, make sure that:
- The device with the passkey has the screen lock enabled
- If your device’s screen lock is disabled, you will not be able to use the passkey on that device until you enable the screen lock again.
- The “Skip password during sign-in” toggle is on
To sign in to your Google Account without a passkey, tap Try another way to skip the passkey challenge and go back to your earlier sign-in choices.
Tip: If you choose “Try another way” often, Google will offer the passkey challenge less frequently in the future to reflect your implied preferences. You can change this by repeatedly signing in with passkeys.