How can I disable the 'Stay signed in' prompt when user login to Microsoft Entra External ID?

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How can I disable the 'Stay signed in' prompt when user login to Microsoft Entra External ID?

Go-Ops 20

Hi,
May i know how can i disable 'Stay signed in' during the login process for Microsoft Entra External ID? User's image

I can't seem to find a way to skip this.

Your kind assistance is truly appreciated.

Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T11:53:58.6433333+00:00

Hi @Surya Prakash Kotte ,
Thank you for your response.

Sorry but i cant seem to understand this statement:
"It seems the 'Keep me signed in (KMSI)' option is not yet available in Entra External ID."

If the option is not available in Microsoft Entra External id, why the following page is shown in my user flows?

Ideally if a feature is not available, the screen shouldn't be shown as well. As it can cause confusion to end users.

Please correct me if i have misunderstood what you just said. I will surely add my feedback, thanks for sharing me the link. Truly appreciate it
Surya Prakash Kotte 3,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-23T11:59:39.2633333+00:00

Hello @Go-Ops

What I meant to say is that, unlike in B2C where the 'Keep Me Signed In' (KMSI) setting cannot be disabled, in B2B you have the option to disable it if desired."

In the B2C user flow, the KMSI option is displayed by default, and currently, there is no way to disable it.
Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T12:05:16.1033333+00:00

Hi @Surya Prakash Kotte

Thanks so much for the explanation — that really helped! I appreciate it.

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Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T11:53:58.6433333+00:00

Hi @Surya Prakash Kotte ,
Thank you for your response.

Sorry but i cant seem to understand this statement:
"It seems the 'Keep me signed in (KMSI)' option is not yet available in Entra External ID."

If the option is not available in Microsoft Entra External id, why the following page is shown in my user flows?

Ideally if a feature is not available, the screen shouldn't be shown as well. As it can cause confusion to end users.

Please correct me if i have misunderstood what you just said. I will surely add my feedback, thanks for sharing me the link. Truly appreciate it
Surya Prakash Kotte 3,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-23T11:59:39.2633333+00:00

Hello @Go-Ops

What I meant to say is that, unlike in B2C where the 'Keep Me Signed In' (KMSI) setting cannot be disabled, in B2B you have the option to disable it if desired."

In the B2C user flow, the KMSI option is displayed by default, and currently, there is no way to disable it.
Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T12:05:16.1033333+00:00

Hi @Surya Prakash Kotte

Thanks so much for the explanation — that really helped! I appreciate it.

Answer 1

Surya Prakash Kotte 3,200 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello @Go-Ops

Thanks for reaching out. It seems the 'Keep me signed in (KMSI)' option is not yet available in Entra External ID. This is somehow related to the fact that External ID does not yet support session controls in conditional access policies. For additional information on what is supported in external tenants see Supported features in workforce and external tenants.

I would suggest you provide your ideas and feedback in the following link.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback

I hope this information is helpful. If you need anything else, we’re happy to help!

Surya Prakash Kotte 3,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-23T12:08:28.5333333+00:00

Hello @Go-Ops

If all your concerns have been resolved, I would greatly appreciate it if you could mark the answer as "Accepted." This helps both us and others in the community.
Surya Prakash Kotte 3,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-26T00:59:25.22+00:00

Hello @Go-Ops

If all your concerns have been resolved, I would greatly appreciate it if you could mark the answer as "Accepted." This helps both us and others in the community.

Answer 2

Camila Th 1,915 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi @Go-Ops

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Q&A Support.

In order to disabled “Stay signed in” in Entra ID portal, you can follow for these steps:

Access in Entra ID portal as a Global Administrator.
Identity --> Users --> Users Settings
Locate the setting: “Show keep signed in”
Set this toggle to “No”
Click Save

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Link document: Manage the 'Stay signed in' prompt in Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Learn

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Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T02:25:51.3533333+00:00

Hi @Camila Th

Thanks for the reference document, but sadly that document is not applicable for Microsoft Entra External Id (replacement of Azure B2C).

Above is the screenshot that is shown.
Jayden-P 3,180 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-26T09:34:13.43+00:00

Hi @Go-Ops,

Thanks for replying.

It seems the 'Keep me signed in (KMSI)' option is not yet available in Entra External ID. This is somehow related to the fact that External ID does not yet support session controls in conditional access policies.

For additional information on what is supported in external tenants, you can check this article.

Link article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/external-id/customers/concept-supported-features-customers#compare-workforce-and-customer-tenant-capabilities

If you think my reply is helpful to you, please remember to mark it as an answer.

Warm thanks.
Camila Th 1,915 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-28T06:54:34.7766667+00:00

Hi @Go-Ops

If you still have further concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Answer 3

Andy David - MVP 157.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

A conditional access policy with session control might be the way to go here as its supported with B2B collab accounts:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/external-id/authentication-conditional-access#comparing-external-id-conditional-access-policies

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Go-Ops 20 Reputation points

2025-05-23T02:41:47.9666667+00:00
Hi @Andy David - MVP ,

Thank you for your response and reference document, i tried the the above but the session controls is disabled for Microsoft Entra External Id (using this instead of Azure AD B2C, as we are not allowed to create new AD B2C accounts).

Setup background (just for reference):

Created an App registration

Created an User Flow and added App created at step 1

Successfully created a new user

Login successfully, but just before i am redirected to my homepage, stay signed in is shown.

Do i need to do a particular step to enable this session settings? I came across this article
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/conditional-access/howto-conditional-access-session-lifetime
but it seems it is for Microsoft Entra Id, not sure it is applicable for Microsoft Entra External Id.

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