What are Windows credentials used for?

What is the purpose of Windows credentials?

The Windows Credential Manager feature in Windows 10 will help users to better manage their passwords and other sensitive information across both web and Windows login credential types. It's easy to add, remove, change, back up, and restore information.

Is it safe to delete Windows credentials?

Replies (3)  Hello, Which operating system is installed on the computer? Ideally you should not remove the Credentials which are stored.

Are Windows credentials safe?

The Windows Credential Manager is anything but secure. It's "secure" at the user account level, which means that any process that the user ever runs and the user themselves must necessarily be trusted in order to call this system "secure" with a straight face.

What does Microsoft credentials mean?

Generally, credentials are the account and password that is stored in your local computer so that you don't have to enter your account and password to sign into application every time as long as the credentials is not expired.