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Clear credentials in Windows Credential Manager

Overview​

About this script

This script improves your privacy on Windows.

These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.

This script uses Batch (batchfile) scripting language.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. This script is not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

Implementation Details

  • Language: batch

  • Required Privileges: Administrator rights

  • Compatibility: Windows only

  • Reversibility: Some changes may be permanent

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Privacy cleanup category. This category configures Windows using 86 scripts. These scripts are organized in 18 categories. The category includes 9 subscripts and 5 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶

Apply now​

Choose one of three ways to apply:

  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
  3. Manually by copying: Advanced flexibility.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy​

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.

Open privacy.sexy

privacy.sexy instructions
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the script name: Clear credentials in Windows Credential Manager.
  3. Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

Reversible

This script is reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

  1. Download the script file by clicking on the button below:

    Download script

  2. Run the script file by clicking on it.

Alternative 3. Copy​

This is for advanced users. Consider automatically applying or downloading the script for simpler way.

  1. Open Command Prompt as administrator.
HELP: Step-by-step guide

  1. Click on Start menu

  2. Type cmd

  3. Right click on Command Prompt select Run as administrator

  4. Click on Yes to run Command Prompt

Animation showing how to open terminal as administrator on Windows 11

  1. Copy the following code:
Code to apply changes
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$cmdkeyPath = Get-Command cmdkey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if (-not $cmdkeyPath) { throw 'Failed to find the `cmdkey` utility on this system.'; }; $cmdkeyListOutput = & $cmdkeyPath /list; if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "^""Failed to execute `cmdkey /list`. Exit code: $LASTEXITCODE."^""; }; if (-not $cmdkeyListOutput) { throw 'Failed to retrieve credentials list. The output from `cmdkey /list` is empty.'; }; $credentialEntries = @($cmdkeyListOutput | Select-String 'Target'); if (-not $credentialEntries) { Write-Host 'Skipping: No credentials found for deletion.'; exit 0; }; $allCredentialsDeletedSuccessfully = $true; Write-Host "^""Total of $($credentialEntries.Length) credential(s) found. Initiating deletion..."^""; foreach ($credentialEntry in $credentialEntries) { if ($credentialEntry -notmatch 'Target:(.+)') { Write-Error "^""Failed to parse credential from output: $credentialEntry"^""; $allCredentialsDeletedSuccessfully = $false; continue; }; $credentialTargetName = $matches[1].Trim(); Write-Host "^""Deleting credential: `"^""$credentialTargetName`"^""..."^""; & $cmdkeyPath /delete:$credentialTargetName; if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Write-Error "^""Failed to delete credential '$credentialTargetName'. `cmdkey` returned exit code: $LASTEXITCODE."^""; $allCredentialsDeletedSuccessfully = $false; } else { Write-Host "^""Successfully deleted credential: `"^""$credentialTargetName`"^""."^""; }; }; if (-not $allCredentialsDeletedSuccessfully) { Write-Warning 'Failed to delete some credentials. Please check the error messages above.'; } else { Write-Host "^""Successfully deleted all $($credentialEntries.Length) credential(s)."^""; }"
  1. Right click on command prompt to paste it.
  2. Press Enter to apply remaining code.

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