How to Use the Fingerprint Scanner on the Samsung Galaxy S5

That home button on your Galaxy S5 is much more than just a way to get back to your home screen. Samsung cleverly hid a fingerprint scanner in there, following Apple’s footsteps into biometric security. If you want to start using the fingerprint scanner, it’s not hard to set up. We’ll show you how!

Set-up the Fingerprint Scanner

1. Select the settings icon in your notification pull-down shade. Find “Finger Scanner”, and tap that icon.

2. Select “Fingerprint manager”.

3. Drag your finger over the scanner as shown.

4. Choose a password back-up (be crafty with this one!).

5. Select “OK” after confirming the password .

6. Tap “Fingerprint” to set your fingerprint as the lock-screen utility.

If you want to get a bit more granular with your Fingerprint settings, you can. Repeating steps 1 & 2 above, you can also choose to have your fingerprint manage your Samsung account for media purchases, or PayPal transactions.

You can also choose to scan and log up to three fingerprints to correspond with these three options. Though the three fingerprints can be used for just about any three functions you like, they’re meant for use with PayPal and your Samsung account.

If you want to rename or delete a scanned print, simply long-press on the scanned fingerprint header in “Fingerprint Manager” (repeat steps 1-3 above). there you can rename them to note which finger is scanned, or delete them altogether.

Do you take advantage of fingerprint technology on your Samsung Galaxy S5? What are you using it for? Tell us in the comments section below!