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Fed Up From Fingerprint System On Your Smartphone? Here’s How You Can Easily Remove It

If you are frustrated from your fingerprint pattern on your device, then this article might help you. Here's how you cane easily remove or replace it.

Published By: Deepti Ratnam | Published: Jan 15, 2025, 12:00 PM (IST)

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Smartphone manufacturers provide several lock systems in devices for device security. Some use PIN codes while some use fingerprint lock systems in their smartphones.  However, Fingerprint sensors can sometimes be tricky and cause trouble. In case there’s something dirty or wet on your fingers, then your fingerprint sensor will not recognize you. This becomes so frustrating that you consider removing the fingerprint system from your device. But if you don’t know how to do it, then don’t worry! We have a solution.

In this article, we will delve into a step-by-step guide on how you can easily remove the Fingerprint system from your device. You just have to follow the guide given below and then you are good to go. Whether you want to delete an existing fingerprint system or want to replace it with a password system, this article will guide you.

Check out the step-by-step guide:

STEP1: To remove the fingerprint lock, first of all, you have to go to the Settings of your smartphone.

STEP2: After this, scroll down and go to Security.

STEP3: Now you will see all the lock systems inside Device Security.

STEP4: To delete the fingerprint lock, you must go to Fingerprint.

STEP5: For security, you have to open the lock first.

STEP6: After this, the Fingerprint List will appear below.

STEP7: The delete option will appear next to the fingerprint list.

STEP8: Now delete all the fingerprints present on the list one by one.

STEP9: One of the essential points to note here is that the fingerprint lock will be completely removed only when you delete all the fingerprint locks present in the list.

STEP10: Using this easy method, you can remove the fingerprint lock from your smartphone. By removing it, you can use a PIN lock or Face ID. PIN lock is a very popular security system, which is used by most people.