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How to Lock / Unlock Aadhaar Card Biometrics Online

Aadhaar Card Biometrics Lock / Unlock feature will enable Resident to lock and temporarily unlock their biometrics. This features helps to protect privacy and confidentiality of Resident's Biometrics Data (includes fingerprint and iris). 

Lock / Unlock Aadhaar Card Biometrics Online
Locked Biometrics ensure the Aadhaar holder will not be able to use their Biometrics for authentications.

Users of this Feature are cautioned to use this facility with care to prevent denial of Authentication services. If you lock your Biometrics and try to authenticate for some purpose, the authentication will fail.

In order to use this service one have to link their Mobile Phone Number with Aadhaar and he should have the Registered Mobile Number handy to receive and Enter OTP.

How to Lock / Unlock Aadhaar Card Biometrics Online

Visit the website https://resident.uidai.gov.in/bio-lock

Tick on I Understand that after biometric lock enable, I will not perform biometric authentication until I unlock Biometrics.

Click on Lock/Unlock Biometrics

Enter your 12 digit Aadhaar Number

Enter the Captcha Code

Click on Send OTP

OTP sent to your Registered Mobile number. Check your mobile.

Please enter 6 digit OTP in the space provided and click on Submit.

Enable / Disable Biometric Lock

A message will be displayed like "Dear Resident, Biometric Locking Feature is currently not enabled for your Aadhaar (UID).By enabling this feature you will able to lock and temporarily unlock your biometric authentication."

Click on Enable Locking Feature

You will see a message as below

Your Biometric is locked successfully.

You will not be able to use Biometrics (fingerprints/iris) for authentications thus preventing potential misuse.

Once you Enable the Locking Feature your Biometrics will be locked and you can temporarily unlock when required and it will be lock again.

How to Unlock Biometric Feature?

Visit the website https://resident.uidai.gov.in/bio-lock

Tick on I Understand that after biometric lock enable, I will not perform biometric authentication until I unlock Biometrics.

Click on Lock/Unlock Biometrics

You will see a message as below

Your Biometric is locked.

You will not be able to use Biometrics (fingerprints/iris) for authentications thus preventing potential misuse.

Click on Unlock Biometrics

You can see a message as below

Your Biometric is Unlocked Successfully

Your Biometric is Unlocked now and would get locked automatically (you will get 10 minutes time) You can use Biometric for authentication.

If you don't want to use the Locking Feature, you can Disable the Locking Feature.

How to Disable Locking Feature?

Visit the website https://resident.uidai.gov.in/bio-lock

Tick on I Understand that after biometric lock enable, I will not perform biometric authentication until I unlock Biometrics.

Click on Lock/Unlock Biometrics

You will see a message as below

Your Biometric is locked.

Click on Disable Locking Feature

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