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Register or remove a passkey in Care Identity Management

How to register a passkey as an authenticator, as an alternative to a smartcard, or remove a passkey from a user's profile.

Which roles can do this?

  • Registration Authority Manager
  • Registration Authority Agent (Advanced)

Before you start

You'll need to set up a meeting with your user, either via video or face-to-face. The passkey registration must be completed in your presence.


Register a passkey

From the Care Identity Management home page, choose 'Find an existing user'.

CIM home page find an existing user highlighted

 

Enter the user's details and select 'Search'.

Care Identity Management find an existing user

 

Choose 'View profile' on the right of the screen.

Care Identity Management user found

 

Go to the 'Authenticators' tab on the user's profile page and select 'Issue other authenticator'.

Shows a list of authenticators, with a button highlighted to Issue other authenticator

 

Select the 'Passkey' authenticator type and 'Continue'.

CIM 7.17 select authenticator type passkey highlighted

 

You'll now see a screen with instructions on how to register the passkey.

CIM 7.17 create a passkey

 

When you've read the instructions and are both ready to proceed, select 'Generate link'.

CIM 7.17 create a passkey link generated

 

Copy the link and send it to the user by email, or paste it into the chat function of the video call software you are using.

When the user opens the link, they'll go through a series of registration steps on their device. You can see below how this might look on the user's device.

CIM passkey registration on user device screen 1

CIM passkey registration on user device screen 2

CIM passkey registration on user device screen 3

 

Finally a message will be displayed that the registration has been successful.

CIM passkey registration success

 

The user can now close the page.

The user profile page will now show that the user's device has been registered to the user.

CIM 7.17 passkey in authenticator list


Remove a passkey

From the user's profile, select the 'Authenticators' tab, find the passkey in the list and select 'Remove' on the right.

CIM 7.17 passkey in authenticator list remove link highlighted

 

Select the box to confirm you want to remove the passkey, followed by the 'Remove authenticator' button.

CIM remove passkey

 

Finally you'll see a message confirming that the passkey has been removed from the user's profile.

CIM passkey removed successfully message

Last edited: 16 July 2025 11:16 am