Why is my fingerprint options missing

[Owen Mapeno]

Why does my Huawei P40 lite not have the fingerprint option on settings?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Is this phone new to you? Did the fingerprint sensor work before?

Do you see the option if you boot into Safe Mode? https://www.hardreset.info/devices/huawei/huawei-p40-lite/safe-mode/

Where did you get the phone? Are you certain it's a genuine Huawei, or could it be a knockoff? Huawei knockoffs are all over the place on sites like Wish.