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revoke trust

To revoke trust is to cancel a device’s previously saved trusted status so that it is no longer treated as a trusted device in future authentication checks.

In plain English

A trusted device is one the system has remembered as trusted for later sign-ins. Revoking trust removes that remembered status. From then on, the device is not handled as trusted during future authentication checks.

In context

Here, “revoke trust” names the action for removing the saved trusted status from the listed phone or browser.

Situation
Setting passwords, multifactor authentication, recovery codes, and trusted devices
What it communicates
offers an action to remove saved trust from a listed phone or browser

Meaning limits

The term itself does not establish any result beyond ending trusted status.

Examples

“After selling his laptop, Sam revoked trust for it so future sign-ins would no longer treat it as a trusted device.”

Core meaning

“The listed browser had its trust revoked when Sam noticed it was still remembered.”

In context