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CredentialUIBroker.exe

Windows ProcessMicrosoft Corporation

Catalog search terms credentialuibroker, credential ui broker, web account broker

WindowsSystem Component

Web Account and credential UI broker. App dem dey ask am make e collect Microsoft account or other credential without drawing the password box by theirself.

Wetin you need know

This one dey broker credential dialog for app dem. E no be Edge, and e no be consent.exe.

CredentialUIBroker.exe na the Windows broker for Web Account Manager and similar prompt dem. Store app dem and some desktop app dem dey call am so dem no go handle the password by theirself.

E safe?
Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.
Na browser?
No. E dey host sign-in surface
I suppose end am?
Sign-in wey dey go on go fail
Feex tok say
If Microsoft account box show on top app, I dey look CredentialUIBroker, no be chrome.exe. To end the broker go cancel that sign-in only.

Wetin be CredentialUIBroker.exe?

CredentialUIBroker.exe na Credential UI Broker. Packaged and some Win32 app dem dey use am for Microsoft account and other WAM prompt dem.

Wetin e dey do?

E dey show system sign-in surface and return token give the caller. E no be UAC (consent.exe) and e no be the lock screen (LogonUI.exe).

Wetin make am dey run?

App call Web Account Manager, or Settings start to add account. Broker wey stay after you don close every window fit be leftover prompt.

Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'CredentialUIBroker.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the file-identity guide to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

E dey safe?

Check dis running file

System32 and Microsoft na the broker. CredentialUIBroker.exe inside game folder no be WAM.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

C:\Windows\System32\CredentialUIBroker.exe

  • WAM / credential dialog dem
  • No be UAC consent.exe
  • No be LogonUI.exe

I fit end am?

E dey cancel that sign-in

To end the broker go drop the account prompt wey dey run. The calling app go still dey open. Start the sign-in again if you still need am.

I fit comot am?

No

No delete CredentialUIBroker.exe. App dem go fail to add Microsoft account properly.

E suppose start with Windows?

E dey start on demand. E no suppose dey inside Startup Apps permanently.

Measure resource use

Measure the current process rather than assume a universal baseline
CPU and memory Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)
Disk and network Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm)

File information

CredentialUIBroker.exe file information
Executable name CredentialUIBroker.exe
Recorded installation path C:\Windows\System32\CredentialUIBroker.exe
Publisher Microsoft Corporation
Signature check Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm)

Common wahala dem

Blank account box

Restart the broker, then the calling app. Broken WebView dey happen pass missing System32 file.

People dey end am with RuntimeBroker

RuntimeBroker na capability brokering for Store app dem. This process na the credential dialog.

How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

Check which app open the prompt

Alt-tab. The broker na the chrome wey dey round the sign-in, no be the app.

No replace the file from forum

Servicing get am.

Technical details

Technical details
CredentialUIBroker.exe technical details
Image name CredentialUIBroker.exe
Role Credential / WAM UI broker

Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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