How to activate, set, and remove passkey on Bitkub website

Modified on Thu, 6 Feb at 10:20 AM

You can activate and organize the settings of the passkey on the Bitkub website and application. This article, however, focuses on the steps for a setup on the Bitkub website. Before you start, please study the following conditions before activating your passkey.

Scope of use

If you reside in a country that does not support SMS OTP (see the list of supported countries here), you can still enable passkey by first activating the authentication code (see how to activate authentication code here). After enabling it, you will need to use your authentication code along with an Email OTP for security verification to activate passkey.
You can use the passkey on the Bitkub application version 3.31.1 and above. For the iOS operating system, the minimum version required is 16 or above; for the Android operating system, the minimum version is 10 or above.
A device used for scanning while setting up a passkey must be within a 5-meter distance.
To ensure smooth use of the services, please verify the phone number registered with your Bitkub account.
One Bitkub account can activate up to ten passkeys.
You can no longer use other security verification methods to verify crypto withdrawals after you activate the passkey on your account.
If you want to use other security verification methods, the passkey on a certain device must be removed. (Please check the ‘How to remove passkey’ section.)
To use the passkey, your device must support this function.
Unverified accounts (Tier 0) will not be able to activate the passkey.

How to activate a passkey on the Bitkub website

1. Log in to your account on Bitkub.com.

2. Click on the profile icon and select “Settings”.

3. Select “Security”.

4. Select “Passkey Setting” and click “Create passkey”.

5. Complete the security verification to create passkey by following the instructions appearing on the screen.

For customers in the SMS OTP supported countries:
- Complete the security verification with the SMS OTP code as instructed (You need to activate SMS OTP first if you haven't already by following the instructions here.)

For customers in the SMS OTP unsupported countries:
- Complete the security verification with the authentication code and Email OTP as instructed (You need to activate the authentication code first if you haven't already by following the instructions here.)

Remark: You can see the list of SMS OTP supported countries from this article.

Example of a successful passkey activation

If the SMS OTP function is not yet active, please click "Go to Setting" to set up the SMS OTP first. (For instructions, please click here.)

How to rename a passkey

To edit your passkey, click on the pencil icon at the end of the passkey you want to edit, type the name you want to use and click “Save”.

How to remove a passkey

You can remove the passkey through 2 methods as follows:

Method 1: Remove the passkey by yourself

A convenient way to delete the passkey anytime without having to wait.
You must use the same device or the same iCloud account used to activate the passkey when deleting the passkey.
- If the device used to activate the passkey is unavailable for any reason, kindly check method 2 below.

Steps

1. Log in to your account on Bitkub.com.

2. Click on the profile icon and select “Account Settings”.

3. Select “Security”.

4. Select “Passkey Setting” and click on the bin icon on the right-hand side of the passkey you want to delete.

5. Click "Delete".

6. Complete the security verification by using the passkey on the device previously used to activate it.

7. Once a removal confirmation pop-up appears, click "OK".

Method 2: Submit your request to disable the passkey and verification details through Persona here. (Click here for more details.)

Please select “No longer use passkey” as the requested topic.

Remark: If you are using the same iCloud Keychain or Google Password Manager account on multiple devices, you can perform coin withdrawals or delete passkeys on any of those devices. For example, if you create a passkey on device A, you can also delete that passkey on device B.

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