A couple of weeks ago, while editing a guide, I noticed a rather unusual notification on my Windows 10 desktop with “Click here to enter your most recent credential. Your Microsoft account needs you to sign in again.” message.
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Clicking the above notification launched the following Verify your Microsoft account info screen. I entered the password and the notification didn’t appear for a while but the “Click here to enter your most recent credential” notification appeared again after some time.
So if you’re also getting the above notification again and again, and want to get rid of it, here is how to make it happen. First of all, the notification appears when you change your Microsoft account password, meaning you won’t see the above notification when you change the password of a local user account.
It seems, if Windows 10 fails to save or update the new password, the above mentioned notification appears on the screen asking you to enter the Microsoft account password.
To get rid of the “Click here to enter your most recent credential notification” you just need to delete your account password saved in Windows 10. For those who don’t know, passwords saved in Edge browser as well as Windows 10 user account passwords are actually saved in Credential Manager and one can easily view and delete passwords by navigating to Credential Manager.
Here is how to do that:
Step 1: Open Credential Manager by typing its name in the Start menu or taskbar search box and then pressing Enter key.
You can also open the Credential Manager by opening Control Panel, clicking User Accounts, and then clicking Credential Manager.
Step 2: Once the Credential Manager is launched, click on Windows Credentials.
Step 3: Select your Microsoft account that you have been using to sign-in to Windows 10 and then click Remove button to delete saved credential. Sign out and sign in again. Windows 10 will automatically save the new/updated password once you sign-in.
Alternatively, you can click on the Edit button and then update the password to reflect the new password.
The “Click here to enter your most recent credential” notification should not appear again.
There are several very good reasons you might want to change the password to your Windows computer. Personally, I'd like to think you want to change your password simply because you know it's a smart thing to do every so often to keep your PC secure.
Of course, another good reason to change your password is if your current password is too easy to guess..or maybe too hard to remember!
Regardless of the reason, changing your password is very easy, no matter which version of Windows you have. You can change your password in Microsoft Windows via the User Accountsapplet in Control Panel.
However, the steps involved to change your password differ somewhat depending on which operating system you're using, so be sure to take note of those differences when they're called out below.
See What Version of Windows Do I Have? if you're not sure which of those several versions of Windows is installed on your computer.
Windows 10 and Windows 8
Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
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Now that your Windows password has been changed, you must use your new password to log in to Windows from this point forward.
Trying to change your password in Windows (because you forgot it) but can't get in to Windows (again, because you forgot your password)? Most people use a Windows password recovery program to crack or reset the password but you should also see our complete list of ways to find lost passwords in Windows for some other options as well.
Another option is to create a Windows password reset disk. While not a required part of changing your password, I highly recommend that you do this.
Windows Needs Your Credentials Lock
You do not need to create a new password reset disk if you already have one. Your previously created password reset disk will work no matter how many times you change your Windows password.
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