An information handling system includes a bypass jumper and a processor that executes a firmware interface. The firmware interface includes a protected setting for a device of the information handling system, wherein, when the bypass jumper is in a first jumper state, the protected setting is accessed in response to the firmware interface receiving a user password that matches an administrator password, and wherein the administrator password is stored in a memory of the information handling system, a password bypass module that bypasses authenticating the password and grants access to the protected setting when the bypass jumper is in a second jumper state, and a password management module that, based upon a password erase input, erases the administrator password from the memory when the bypass jumper is in the second state.
