Manage application passwords

This guide concerns the management of application passwords from Manager Infomaniak.

Preamble

• Application passwords allow to establish an authenticated connection between certain tools & services even if the two-step validation (authentication 2FA) is activated.
• In order to synchronize e.g. contacts & calendars of your Infomaniak account with a mobile device or software/mail client, perform the actions presented in the guide below to generate a new password specific to this application.
• It is possible to generate several specific passwords (e.g. 1 for contacts and 1 for calendars) or use the same for synchronization of both services.

Create an application password

To this end:

1. Click here to access application password management on the Infomaniak Manager.
2. Click on Generate an application password:
   
3. Enter a name for the application password in the dialog box, then click on Generate an application password:
   
4. Copy and Keep the password the application generated in a safe but accessible place, it will no longer be accessible once the window is closed.

Revoke application passwords

At the same place you can delete one or more application passwords when they have become useless:

1. Click on the action button ⋮ to the right of each password and then revoke them...
2. or on Revoking all at the top of the table: