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Assigned Access (kiosk) on Windows 11 is exited by a breakout key sequence handled by the OS, not by the app itself.
On Windows 11 kiosk (single‑app or multi‑app) the default way to exit the kiosk experience is:
- Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to the VM
- In a physical session, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del exits the kiosk app and shows the sign‑in screen.
- In a VM, the same sequence must be sent through the hypervisor UI (for example, the VMware menu option that sends Ctrl+Alt+Del to the guest). Keyboard Ctrl+Alt+Del is often intercepted by the host, so use the VM menu/toolbar command instead of the physical keys.
- Wait for the kiosk to relaunch or sign in with another account
- After Ctrl+Alt+Del, the kiosk app exits and the sign‑in screen appears.
- If the Assigned Access account is used again, or the sign‑in screen times out, the kiosk app will relaunch automatically.
- If Ctrl+Alt+Del was remapped
- Assigned Access supports changing the breakout sequence to another key combination via the configuration XML (for example, CTRL+ALT+A). If Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing, the kiosk configuration might be using a different breakout sequence.
- In that case, use the VMware on‑screen keyboard or send the configured key combination from the hypervisor if known.
Because the data on the VM is important and a reset is not an option, the key step is to use the VMware UI feature that sends Ctrl+Alt+Del (or the configured breakout sequence) directly to the guest, rather than relying on the physical keyboard.
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