diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
index fa6cae18..48798ce6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.view.WindowManager
 import android.widget.Toast
-import android.widget.Toast.LENGTH_LONG
 import androidx.activity.OnBackPressedCallback
 import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultLauncher
 import androidx.annotation.IdRes
@@ -1240,8 +1239,6 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricAu
 
                 // hide background while authenticating, Sorry moms & dads 🙏
                 binding?.navHostFragment?.isInvisible = true
-            } else {
-                showToast(R.string.phone_not_secured, LENGTH_LONG)
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/account/AccountSelectActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/account/AccountSelectActivity.kt
index ccaa38f0..1dae5a0f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/account/AccountSelectActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/account/AccountSelectActivity.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.util.Log
-import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
@@ -57,14 +56,16 @@ class AccountSelectActivity : AppCompatActivity(), BiometricAuthenticator.Biomet
 
             if (isTruePhone() && authEnabled) {
                 if (deviceHasPasswordPinLock(this)) {
-                    startBiometricAuthentication(this, R.string.biometric_authentication_title, false)
+                    startBiometricAuthentication(
+                        this,
+                        R.string.biometric_authentication_title,
+                        false
+                    )
 
                     BiometricAuthenticator.promptInfo?.let {
                         BiometricAuthenticator.biometricPrompt?.authenticate(it)
                     }
                 }
-            } else {
-                showToast(R.string.phone_not_secured, Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/settings/SettingsAccount.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/settings/SettingsAccount.kt
index d04757da..14f11c1e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/settings/SettingsAccount.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/settings/SettingsAccount.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.isGone
 import androidx.core.view.isVisible
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceFragmentCompat
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AcraApplication.Companion.openBrowser
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.CommonActivity.onDialogDismissedEvent
@@ -261,15 +262,20 @@ class SettingsAccount : PreferenceFragmentCompat() {
         setPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings_account, rootKey)
 
         getPref(R.string.biometric_key)?.setOnPreferenceClickListener {
+            val authEnabled = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(
+                context ?: return@setOnPreferenceClickListener false
+            )
+                .getBoolean(getString(R.string.biometric_key), false)
 
+            if (authEnabled) {
                 BackupUtils.backup(activity)
                 val title = activity?.getString(R.string.biometric_setting)
                 val warning = activity?.getString(R.string.biometric_warning)
-                    activity?.showBottomDialogText(
-                        title as String,
-                        warning.html()
-                    ) { onDialogDismissedEvent }
-
+                activity?.showBottomDialogText(
+                    title as String,
+                    warning.html()
+                ) { onDialogDismissedEvent }
+            }
             true
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index f7d58d22..b4f9d14d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@
     <string name="biometric_setting">Lock with Biometrics</string>
     <string name="password_pin_authentication_title">Password/PIN Authentication</string>
     <string name="biometric_unsupported">Biometric authentication is not supported on this device</string>
-    <string name="phone_not_secured">Please disable fingerprint authentication if device has no lock.</string>
     <string name="biometric_setting_summary">Unlock the app with Fingerprint, Face ID, PIN, Pattern and Password.</string>
     <string name="biometric_prompt_description">This window will close after few failed attempts. You\'ll have to restart the App.</string>
     <string name="biometric_warning">Your CloudStream data has been backed up now, although probability of this rare case is very low but all