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How to enable biometric login on Kite (Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint)

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Biometric login on Kite uses your phone’s own fingerprint, Touch ID, or Face ID, registered in your operating-system settings, which Kite invokes as device lock at login. It is the second authentication factor for the Kite app, mandatory since 23 September 2022, and the biometric never leaves your phone: Zerodha does not store your fingerprint or face data, it asks the OS to confirm an unlock and receives only a pass or fail. If the scan fails, your phone’s PIN, pattern, or passcode is the fallback.

How to enable device lock on the Kite app

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Device lock on the Kite app is your phone’s own screen lock, a PIN, pattern, fingerprint, or Face ID, that Kite uses as the second authentication factor when you log in. It is not a separate code you type into the app and it is not optional: device lock for Kite app login has been mandatory since 23 September 2022, because it satisfies the requirement set by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI ) for two-factor authentication (2FA) on trading-app login. Your lock data stays on your phone; Zerodha does not store it.

How to fix Kite logging out when switching apps

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Kite app logs you out when you switch to another app, such as an authenticator app to copy a time-based one-time password (TOTP), because your device is in power-saving mode or is preventing Kite from running in the background; the operating system kills the backgrounded app and drops your session. Per Zerodha’s own support article, this is a power-management behaviour, not a deliberate security lock that triggers on app switch. The fix is to stop the OS from suspending Kite: turn off power saving, exempt Kite from battery optimisation, or sidestep the switch entirely by using device-lock biometric login instead of TOTP.

How to rename a watchlist on the Kite app

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kite lets you rename any of the five marketwatch tabs on the mobile app. The rename syncs to Kite web within seconds.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure. This guide is published by the WebNotes Editorial Team for informational purposes and is written independently. WebNotes operates a Zerodha account-opening referral programme, disclosed on the pages that carry the referral link; this guide does not carry it and earns no referral commission from the procedure described here.

How to update the Kite app for new marketwatch features

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Several Kite marketwatch features (the 250-instrument cap, the redesigned overview, Notes, pin) roll out via app updates. Users on older builds will not see these features even if their account is fully active. This guide is the simple update path.

Kite widget on Android

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Kite Android home-screen widget renders a configurable strip of live marketwatch quotes directly on the Android home screen. It is a glanceable read-only view, not an order-placement surface. iOS has a similar but more limited iOS widget; this article covers the Android implementation.

Scrip row: Up to 4-6 rows visible per widget instance, depending on size.
LTP: Live last-traded price.
Change: Day’s change in absolute and percentage.
Last refresh time: Timestamp of the last data pull.

Size	Rows visible	Best placement
1x2	1-2	Corner of home screen
2x2	2-3	Standard widget slot
4x2	3-4	Full-width strip
4x4	5-6	Dedicated widget screen

Some launchers (Nova, Samsung One UI) allow resizing within the size grid.

How to save TradingView drawings on Kite app

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TradingView drawings on Kite app persist when saved as part of a chart layout. Cross-platform sync (web + app) works for the same Kite account.

Kite App on WebNotes

How to enable biometric login on Kite (Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint)

How to enable device lock on the Kite app

How to fix Kite logging out when switching apps

How to rename a watchlist on the Kite app

How to update the Kite app for new marketwatch features

Kite widget on Android

What the widget shows

Widget sizes available

How to save TradingView drawings on Kite app