We're unable to connect. please delete your credentials and try again later

[Tallyski]

I did look at the suggested forums, but nothing helps solve my issue.

I am working on a report that I update daily, but yesterday it sprung a surprise. I refresh it manually, but yesterday it did this:

I am logged in to Power Bi with my company Pro account. I have been searching for an answer, but in everything I try, I have had no joy. Further information:

This isn't the only file having the program. If the report retrieves data from a file on the web it does this. I have files that retrieve data from my computer, and they refresh no problem.

Thanks in advance.

[G05DVD]

Thank you so much for this. Have been tearing my hair out all morning!!

[AStolk]

I met the same issue and solved it thanks to this article so many thanks!

[Syndicate_Admin]

Excellent thanks

[QuestionMark7]

Is there any workaround other than installing the new version? I'm using the report server and can't install any version newer than January 2022. 

[QuestionMark7]

In the meanwhile I've found a workaround for my case. The browser authentication option is not available in the menu in my version, but it still can be enforced by modyfing the Power BI settings file. If anyone has the same problem, I can post a more detailed solution.

[Jai_Bankar]

Hi,
I am facing the same issue in Report Server, can you help me with the workaround, please?

[QuestionMark7]

Hi,

sure, I performed the following steps:

1) Navigate to your Power BI settings folder, the path should look like this:

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop SSRS

2) Inside you will find the Users.zip. Please make a copy of it before proceeding further, just in case something goes wrong.

3) Open the zip archive - it contains several files and folders. Navigate to the UserInterface folder, which contains the Settings.xml file.

4) Open the Settings.xml file in a text editor such as Notepad. At the end of the file you should find a series of various Power BI settings, ended by the </Entries> entry. For better orientation you can also open the Settings.xml file in a web browser before editing it just to learn its structure. The section I'm referring to should look like this:

5) Now you need to add the following entry before the </Entries> line:

<Entry Type="UseSystemBrowserForAuthentication" Value="l1"/>

It's also visible on the screenshot above.

6) Save the changes made to the file and to the archive. Now Power BI should use web browser for authentication for sources such as SharePoint. Please note that the setting will still not be visible in the software's options menu, it's just enabled via the settings file.

I haven't noticed any side effects of such modification so far, but just in case you will have a copy of your previous settings. I hope that will work for you as well!

[Anonymous]

Thanks, worked for me. 

[ChrisNZC]

Huge thank you, this has worked. At first it didn't work but I noticed I had two PowerBI folders in my APPDATA, the one ending in SSRS was definitely the correct one to use.

[Jai_Bankar]

Thanks!!! It worked.

[Anonymous]

It has nothing to do with credentials. 

Go to files --> options --> security under globle --> scroll down to authenticator browser and tick use my default browser will solve your problem if your credentials are correct.

[benlangham]

Worked for me, thanks!

[BI_Wizard]

Go to files --> options --> security under globle --> scroll down to authenticator browser and tick use my default browser will solve your problem if your credentials are correct. This worked for me!,

Kudos !

[mellieb]

This worked for me!

[JVP]

Thanks this did the trick. I think my organisation recently updated the browser so the settings must have resetted. 

[mbielby]

Thanks this solved my issue also. 

[DeeCat13]

This fixed it right away for me. Thanks!!

[Ed-in-SD]

Please see this post.  It resolved the issue for us.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/we-re-unable-to-conect-please-delete-your-credentials-and-t...

[JohnSchown]

Looks like the following work-around was posted to the Support Status site:

Power BI Desktop customers may experience authentication issues attempting to connect to data source using AAD and may see the following error message "We're unable to connect. Please delete your credentials and try again later". As a workaround customers can go to Power BI Desktop and enable Options -> Security -> Authentication Browser -> “Use my default web browser”. Engineers are investigating the issue and an update will be provided soon.

[nbsunshine]

Thank you!  This was what fixed my issue as well.  It would just flash an error up and then say I was already signed in.  To receive the second error:  "We're unable to connect. Please delete your credentials and try again later", I tried through File > Options and Settings > Data Source Settings.  I was going crazy trying to fix this.  But updating File > Options and Settings > Options > Security > Authentication Browser > checkmark “Use my default web browser” solved it.  You have made my day!!!!!  Thanks so much!