Login Popup after placing image or shape

It turns out this is a known issue when Power BI Desktop repeatedly prompts for login when inserting or editing local image or shape elements. Most users report seeing the login box appear multiple times per element, making visual layout editing nearly impossible.

✅ How to fix the persistent “Enter your email” popup:

• Disable the lead-gen dialog via registry: A well‑known workaround is to disable the sign‑in prompt by adding a registry key:
  • ShowLeadGenDialog = 0
  • Under either HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Microsoft Power BI Desktop or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Power BI Desktop
  This stops Power BI from showing login popups when inserting shapes and images :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}.
• Enable “Use my default browser” for authentication: Go to File → Options and settings → Options → Global → Security and check “Use my default browser.” This ensures sign‑in windows open in a proper browser experience rather than embedded dialogs that repeatedly refocus yourself :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.

🧪 Step‑by‑step guidance:

1. Close Power BI Desktop.
2. Open the Registry Editor (Win + R, type regedit).
   * Navigate to either of:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Microsoft Power BI Desktop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Power BI Desktop
   (Create the path if it doesn’t exist.)
   * Right‑click and choose New → DWORD (32‑bit) Value, name it ShowLeadGenDialog. Set its value to 0.
3. Launch Power BI Desktop.
4. Go to File → Options and settings → Options → Global → Security and enable Use my default browser.
5. Restart Power BI Desktop again.

After this, inserting images or shapes should no longer prompt you for login repeatedly.

🧠 Additional notes:

• The underlying issue often arises when Power BI senses elements (images/shapes) might connect to online resources or service‑linked content, triggering authentication sequences even for local assets.
• If your network uses a proxy requiring authentication or if redirects aren’t HTTPS, you could still see sign‑in troubles. In such cases, your IT team may need to exempt Power BI domains or update redirect endpoints to secure URLs :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.

Please try these steps and see if the popups disappear. 

Hi ClouTBD 

The issue you're experiencing in Power BI Desktop, where a login popup repeatedly appears when adding or interacting with images or shapes, is a known behavior often linked to not being signed in to a Power BI account. Power BI Desktop tries to connect certain visuals—especially those like images or buttons that might have hyperlinks or actions—to Power BI service features, and without a signed-in session, it triggers a login prompt. This can become particularly disruptive when designing reports with multiple shapes or images, as each object interaction prompts a new login request. Unfortunately, there's no official setting to disable this behavior entirely. The most effective workaround is to sign in to Power BI Desktop with a valid Power BI account, even if you're not publishing the report right away. Signing in suppresses the repeated prompts and allows for a smoother design experience. If you're just practicing and don’t yet have a work account, consider creating a free Power BI account using a business email (Power BI doesn’t support personal domains like Gmail or Yahoo). Until Microsoft offers a toggle for this in settings, staying signed in is the best way to avoid this frustrating behavior.

Hello, 

I've found a different solution elsewhere, and I'd like to share it here: This weird behaviour is caused by the Translytical task flows preview feature. If you disable it (Settings > Global > Preview features), the premanent login popup will be gone