# Authentication Hide Pin **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** android-tv\ **Created:** [October 19, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authentication-hide-pin/815390 "2022-10-19T16:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![takeittothemax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@takeittothemax](https://forums.plex.tv/u/takeittothemax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authentication-hide-pin/815390/1 "2022-10-19T16:29:11Z")
I would like to see a pin that is input by button combination. This will keep kids or other people from visually watching you hit the numbers for the pin. The web version hides and you can enter by keyboard, but the Nvidia Shield App still shows numbers. Not sure about other devices. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authentication-hide-pin/815390/2 "2022-10-19T20:12:24Z")
There’s already an existing feature suggestions discussing what you’re asking for. I suggest you comment/vote in that threads in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Hide PIN entry so not everybody in the room can see it // mod: enter pin via remote’s keypad](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hide-pin-entry-so-not-everybody-in-the-room-can-see-it-mod-enter-pin-via-remote-s-keypad/318833): > > I find it annoying that I have to use the arrows to ender in my pin, especially with other people in the room while watching something. Please intergrate the numbers on the keypad to work when entering in pin. This should be private. Related Thread: [Samsung TV app \*\*PIN NUMBER EPIC FAIL!\*\* - #2 by amsquires83](https://forums.plex.tv/t/samsung-tv-app-pin-number-epic-fail/298990/2) # I’ll therefore close this thread as a duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authentication-hide-pin/815390/3 "2022-10-20T07:22:26Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate