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Batch file to clear all credentials from Windows Credential Manager
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| @echo off | |
| cmdkey.exe /list > "%TEMP%\List.txt" | |
| findstr.exe Target "%TEMP%\List.txt" > "%TEMP%\tokensonly.txt" | |
| FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%G IN (%TEMP%\tokensonly.txt) DO cmdkey.exe /delete:%%H | |
| del "%TEMP%\List.txt" /s /f /q | |
| del "%TEMP%\tokensonly.txt" /s /f /q | |
| echo All done | |
| pause |
I have tried using following and it worked for me.
Open Powershell and run the following commands
Following will remove Adobe credentials
cmdkey /list | Select-String "Adobe" -SimpleMatch | ForEach-Object { cmdkey /delete:($_ -replace "^.+?Target: ","") }
Following will remove Microsoft credentials
cmdkey /list | Select-String "Microsoft" -SimpleMatch | ForEach-Object { cmdkey /delete:($_ -replace "^.+?Target: ","") }
Similar to @Atha1Kishan's answer, here's a small script to delete all credentials matching a search string:
# List all credentials in the current user's Credential Manager
$all_creds = cmdkey /list
# Delete all credentials matching a specific pattern, like 'Microsoft:SSMS'
$pattern = "Microsoft:SSMS"
foreach ($cred in $all_creds) {
if ($cred -match "target=(.+)") {
$cred_name = $matches[1]
# Now $cred_name contains everything after "target="
if ($cred_name -like "*$pattern*") {
cmdkey /delete:$cred_name
Write-Output $cred_name
}
}
}for /F "tokens=1,* delims= " %G in ('cmdkey /list ^| findstr Adobe') do cmdkey /delete %H
Not working for me
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Hi team I would like to add this command to the cleaning credentials bat file:
Go to the path %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\ and delete the folder named OfficeFileCache.
FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%G IN ('cmdkey /list ^| findstr OfficeFileCache') do cmdkey /delete %%H
(I am not an expert, very sorry if sounds crazy)