How to show a Cancel button on the Sign In page in Azure AD B2C custom policy (SSO)?

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How to show a Cancel button on the Sign In page in Azure AD B2C custom policy (SSO)?

Shilpa Mary Thomas 0

I see in the docs under SelfAsserted‑LocalAccountSignin‑Email that there is a metadata key setting.showCancelButton. I set: <Item Key="setting.showCancelButton">true</Item> in my TechnicalProfile. But the Cancel button does not appear on the SignIn page.

Does setting.showCancelButton only work for certain page types (SignUp, ForgotPassword) but not SignIn?

Is there a documented limitation or known bug for this, or is there another metadata key that must be paired with it to enable the Cancel button on sign‑in pages?

Please help.

Carolyne 1,151 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2026-01-28T09:32:04.7266667+00:00
Hi Shilpa!
Thank you for reaching out. Could you try and follow the documentation on Github using the guidance.

https://github.com/azure-ad-b2c/unit-tests/tree/main/technical-profiles/self-asserted#show-the-cancel-button

Here is the extract from Github samples
For a self-asserted technical profile Azure AD B2C renders the Continue and Cancel buttons. This sample demonstrates how to show or hide the cancel button using the setting.showCancelButton metadata.

To test this user experience, select one of show the cancel button options (default, True, or False) and select continue. In the next page, if you selected False, the cancel button won't be rendered.

The unit test defines the following components:

WelcomeTechnicalProfile - welcome page where you can choose between the show cancel button options.

ExperimentalTechnicalProfile-[option] is the unit test. In this technical profile, you can find the setting.showCancelButton metadata.

The user journey checks the value of the scenario claim (selected on the first page), and directs you to the corresponding ExperimentalTechnicalProfile-[option] unit test.

Your answer

Carolyne 1,151 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2026-01-28T09:32:04.7266667+00:00

Hi Shilpa!
Thank you for reaching out. Could you try and follow the documentation on Github using the guidance.

https://github.com/azure-ad-b2c/unit-tests/tree/main/technical-profiles/self-asserted#show-the-cancel-button

Here is the extract from Github samples
For a self-asserted technical profile Azure AD B2C renders the Continue and Cancel buttons. This sample demonstrates how to show or hide the cancel button using the setting.showCancelButton metadata.

To test this user experience, select one of show the cancel button options (default, True, or False) and select continue. In the next page, if you selected False, the cancel button won't be rendered.

The unit test defines the following components:

WelcomeTechnicalProfile - welcome page where you can choose between the show cancel button options.

ExperimentalTechnicalProfile-[option] is the unit test. In this technical profile, you can find the setting.showCancelButton metadata.

The user journey checks the value of the scenario claim (selected on the first page), and directs you to the corresponding ExperimentalTechnicalProfile-[option] unit test.