Some Removed Web Credentials keep reappearing after reboot - W10P 20H2


  1. Win7ine
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    Some Removed Web Credentials keep reappearing after reboot - W10P 20H2


    Started cleaning out old Web-Credentials mostly stored by Internet Explorer. Not been using IE any more since initial EDGE appeared. The credentials listed in "Web Credentials" do not seem to get synced between machines anymore anyway.
    Managed to delete the bulk of them but 3 entries persist on one of my machines.
    They can be removed but will reappear after a reboot and are hence are only removed for the current session.

    - If I sign in to the machine with a local account instead of the Microsoft account they will not! reappear
    - If first Logon with same user credentials to the machine is though RDP removed Web Credentials will not reappear.

    - Whether removed with Credentials Manager or vaultcmd /deletecreds makes no difference, they will reappear.
    - Switching SYNCing off for Passwords or other Setting or ALL does not help they will reappear
    - Deleting Cloud Synced Settings for Microsoft Account does not help and they will reappear
    - Storing same credentials with IE11 and deleting them subsequently only works until next reboot. Then they reappear.
    - Removing these Web Credentials then signing off then back on makes them reappear.

    They are correctly removed but then added back to this directory with fresh datestamps:

    %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Vault\4BF4C442-9B8A-41A0-B380-DD4A704DDB28

    How do I remove these permanently?
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    Last edited by Win7ine; 04 Nov 2020 at 08:36.
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  3. Win7ine
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    Here is the FIX that finally worked for me:
    Delete the content of %Appdata%\Microsoft\Protect - then reboot.
    This will remove all Web Credentials but also Outlook email account credentials, Win 10 Mail credentials, all Windows Credentials
    However, all that is removed I guess is then placed in a new folder %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Vault\builtin.bkup
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