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Remove post-auth confirmation for Windows Hello popup?
Option 1: Group Policy Modification (Enterprise/Professional)
Press Win+R and type gpedit.msc
Navigate to:
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Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Hello for Business
Enable the policy:
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“Turn off login success notifications” → Enabled
Option 2: Registry Editor (all versions)
powershell
# Run with administrator privileges:
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PassportForWork” /v “DisablePostLogonAuthenticationDelay” /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Effective Conditions:
AuthHost service needs to be restarted:
cmd. net stop AuthHost &&
net stop AuthHost && net start AuthHost
Option 3: Service downgrade
Open the Services Manager (services.msc)
Find:
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Windows Hello Biometric Service
Startup type changed to “Manual”
Note: It will slow down the authentication speed