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Outlook password prompt disappears? 5 Simple Ways to Fix it
Get back the password prompt and log into Outlook with no issue
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Updated onFebruary 19, 2024
updated onFebruary 19, 2024
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Microsoft Outlookusually offers smooth performance, but at times it does fail. Many users ask for help when the password prompt disappears or doesn’t show at all.
Outlook may prompt you to re-enter theemail passwordfor an account established within. The messageNeed Passwordis eventually taking the info bar at the bottom of the Outlook window. You click to input your password, but the password dialogue box quickly disappears.
Don’t try rebooting your computer. This apparently solves the issue, but only until the next day. Deleting the Outlook profile doesn’t work either when the Outlook password prompt disappears.
These solutions can help you with most issues of outlook needs password but no prompt appears, so continue reading as this article may be able to help you.
What to do if outlook needs password but no prompt appears?
1. Simple Outlook+Word password prompt disappearing fix
Before anything else, apply the above trick. It is simpler and faster to do than the rest of the fixes below.
2. Clear Credential Manager
When using an Office 365 account, your issue might be the result of improperly-formatted credentials stored in Windows Credential Manager.
3. Remove the workplace account
Note: You may later connect your workplace accounts from the same path:Setting > Accounts > Access work or school.
If you’re having trouble opening the Setting app, take a look atthis articleto solve the issue.
4. Add a DWORD with a value of 1
You could also add a DWORD called DisableADALatopWAMOverride with a value of 1 to the registry in this path:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity.
Your next step is to reboot your PC. Open Outlook and check if the issue persists. If it does, remove the registry entry you created earlier and perform a second reboot.
5. Check potential errors with the credentials
Note: Ensure Outlook and any other Office applications are closed before applying the above steps.
Don’t worry any longer when you click the dialog box to enter the password just to flash for less than a second before it disappears. The solutions mentioned here should solve the password prompt disappearing issue, and the Outlook performance will be improved.
This isn’t the only problem, and many reported thatOutlook keeps asking for password, so you might want to check that guide as well.
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Madalina Dinita
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Madalina has been a Windows fan ever since she got her hands on her first Windows XP computer.
She is interested in all things technology, especially emerging technologies – AI and DNA computing in particular.
Prior to joining the WindowsReport team, she worked in the corporate world for a number of years.
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Madalina Dinita
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Madalina is a Windows fan since forever, especially interested in AI, emerging technologies, privacy, and security.
