How to update a claim in ASP.NET Identity?

I created a Extension method to Add/Update/Read Claims based on a given ClaimsIdentity

namespace Foobar.Common.Extensions{    public static class Extensions    {        public static void AddUpdateClaim(this IPrincipal currentPrincipal, string key, string value)        {            var identity = currentPrincipal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;            if (identity == null)                return;            // check for existing claim and remove it            var existingClaim = identity.FindFirst(key);            if (existingClaim != null)                identity.RemoveClaim(existingClaim);            // add new claim            identity.AddClaim(new Claim(key, value));            var authenticationManager = HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().Authentication;            authenticationManager.AuthenticationResponseGrant = new AuthenticationResponseGrant(new ClaimsPrincipal(identity), new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = true });        }        public static string GetClaimValue(this IPrincipal currentPrincipal, string key)        {            var identity = currentPrincipal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;            if (identity == null)                return null;            var claim = identity.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == key);            return claim.Value;        }    }}

and then to use it

using Foobar.Common.Extensions;namespace Foobar.Web.Main.Controllers{    public class HomeController : Controller    {        public ActionResult Index()        {            // add/updating claims            User.AddUpdateClaim("key1", "value1");            User.AddUpdateClaim("key2", "value2");            User.AddUpdateClaim("key3", "value3");        }        public ActionResult Details()        {            // reading a claim            var key2 = User.GetClaimValue("key2");                  }    }}

You can create a new ClaimsIdentity and then do the claims update with such.

set {    // get context of the authentication manager    var authenticationManager = HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication;    // create a new identity from the old one    var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(User.Identity);    // update claim value    identity.RemoveClaim(identity.FindFirst("AccountNo"));    identity.AddClaim(new Claim("AccountNo", value));    // tell the authentication manager to use this new identity    authenticationManager.AuthenticationResponseGrant =         new AuthenticationResponseGrant(            new ClaimsPrincipal(identity),            new AuthenticationProperties { IsPersistent = true }        );}

Another (async) approach, using Identity's UserManager and SigninManager to reflect the change in the Identity cookie (and to optionally remove claims from db table AspNetUserClaims):

// Get User and a claims-based identityApplicationUser user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(User.Identity.GetUserId());var Identity = new ClaimsIdentity(User.Identity);// Remove existing claim and replace with a new valueawait UserManager.RemoveClaimAsync(user.Id, Identity.FindFirst("AccountNo"));await UserManager.AddClaimAsync(user.Id, new Claim("AccountNo", value));// Re-Signin User to reflect the change in the Identity cookieawait SignInManager.SignInAsync(user, isPersistent: false, rememberBrowser: false);// [optional] remove claims from claims table dbo.AspNetUserClaims, if not neededvar userClaims = UserManager.GetClaims(user.Id);if (userClaims.Any()){  foreach (var item in userClaims)  {    UserManager.RemoveClaim(user.Id, item);  }}