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title: Set Time Value for Biometric Login
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description: By default, users must reenter biometric ID credentials when the app is in the background for more than 15 minutes. You can set your own time value requirement by adding a custom attribute.
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  - Mobile App
  - Cross Cloud
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# Set Time Value for Biometric Login

By default, users must reenter biometric ID credentials when the app is in the background for more than 15 minutes. You can set your own time value requirement by adding a custom attribute.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: production only (not sandbox)</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in Lightning Experience in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11519e67 ">To create and modify a Mobile Publisher project:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11519e67 ">Manage mySalesforce Apps</td>
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Important Remember to wrap attribute values in quotation marks.

1. From Setup, enter Mobile Publisher in the Quick Find box, then select **Mobile Publisher**.
2. In the External Client Setting tab, select the external client app you want to change the biometric ID unlock time value for.
3. In the Custom Attributes section, click the plus sign.
4. For the attribute key, enter REQUIRE\_BIOMETRICS\_AFTER. For the attribute value, enter the value in minutes wrapped in quotation marks.
5. Click **Save**.