Hyundai Tucson: Hyundai Digital Key / How to Save/Delete the Digital Key (Smartphone Key)

Setting Digital Key (Smartphone Key)

If the Near Field Communication (NFC) setting is enabled on your phone and your smartphone screen is unlocked, you can use the Digital Key feature.

Saving Digital Key (Smartphone Key)

1. Turn on the vehicle with the smart key and be sure to keep the smart key inside the vehicle during digital key registration.

2. Register your digital key (smartphone key) in the infotainment system. From the Settings menu, go to Setup > Vehicle > Digital Key > Smartphone Key and then select Save.

3. Select the vehicle to save on your Hyundai Digital Key app and activate the save mode.

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If the Save button is disabled, delete the previously saved digital key (smartphone key) using the “Deleting Digital Key (Smartphone Key)” procedure in this chapter.

Refer to the tutorial on your Hyundai Digital Key app and then delete the previously saved key in your smartphone.

A : Vehicle authentication pad (Wireless charging pad)

4. Place your smartphone on the vehicle authentication pad (wireless charging pad) with the screen facing up to begin the saving process.

Once the digital key (smartphone key) is saved, a message appears on the infotainment system screen or instrument cluster.

5. Remove the smartphone from the vehicle authentication pad (wireless charging pad) and then complete the saving process in the app.

Deleting Digital Key (Smartphone Key)

1. Turn on the vehicle with the smart key and be sure to keep the smart key inside the vehicle during delete process.

2. Delete your digital key (smartphone key) in the infotainment system. From the Settings menu, go to Setup > Vehicle > Digital Key > Smartphone Key and then select Delete.

Once the digital key (smartphone key) delete is complete, a message appears on the infotainment system screen or instrument cluster.

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The Delete button is disabled if there is no digital key (smartphone key) saved.

3. Go to the Initialize Digital Key menu in the Hyundai Digital Key app and select the vehicle to delete the digital key information:

Menu > Initialize Digital Key

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• If the saved digital key (smartphone key) information in your vehicle is deleted while in vehicle maintenance, the digital key (smartphone key) in your smartphone must be deleted.
• For more information, refer to the tutorial in your Hyundai Digital Key app.

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The following do not allow the saving process to be completed:

• If the smartphone is removed from the vehicle authentication pad (wireless charging pad).
• If the infotainment system or instrument cluster screen is changed during this process.
• If the vehicle is turned off.
• If the gear is shifted.
• If you try to save using a smartphone that is not logged in with the vehicle owner’s ID or if you try to save the card key.
• If the NFC setting on your smartphone is off.
• If the smartphone screen is changed to off or locked status.
• If there is no smart key during the saving process.