Microsoft Authenticator
A Microsoft app for iOS and Android devices that enables authentication with two-factor verification, phone sign-in, and code generation.
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Floating button/s showed up in Authenticator?
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Salacious Crum
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This annoying floating Authenticator button showed up a couple of weeks after I started using Authenticator, and although I can move it around, it does absolutely nothing (but get in the way),and I can't find a way to turn it off. After going into settings and switching off the "use as autofill provider",and also selecting "turn off", the button is still there. Funny thing is, it doesn't have ANY permissions in my Android apps settings, so it shouldn't be allowed to display over other apps and such. I'm not quite ready to completely uninstall, as I am still testing it out. But it definitely falls short on performance and convenience when compared to Google autofill, or even the Keeper app. This morning, I now have TWO of the same buttons floating around my screen! What gives? And WHY is the app allowed to display these without permissions given? I have screenshots I will attempt to attach. 
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Howard Walker 0 Reputation points2023-07-10T15:18:19.49+00:00 I got the same problem. The only way to remove it is to delete the app Typical Microsoft "well do it because we can" attitude. There seems no reason for this thing. It also keep changing my passwords and info for autofil without my permission.Best to delete it so I can get on uninterrupted .
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Jost, Martin (Nokia - DE/Ulm) 0 Reputation points2023-07-11T06:22:22.91+00:00 Honestly I currently don't understand my own notes on that (or an updated version of Authentication changed it) but here are my notes, because I know how annoying this is:
I found .../Settings/Auto-Fill Authenticator: ON +++ Link for "Authenticator" <====== This one is it ! -
Howard Walker 0 Reputation points
2023-07-11T10:45:51.4433333+00:00 Just follow the instructions earlier in this feed. Works every time.
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