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Two-factor authentication

5min

You can make your account more secure using two-factor authentication (2FA). 2FA means that there are two different factors (your credentials and an additional verification code) needed to authenticate you as a user when logging into your account.

You must have an authenticator app installed on your mobile device.

Enable two-factor authentication

There are many authenticator apps available (e.g. Google Authenticator, Authy, Microsoft Authenticator, or 1password). We will use the Google Authenticator app in our example.

1

Click on your username at the bottom of the left sidebar.

2

Select Profile.

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3

Click the 2FA tab for two-factor authentication.

4

Click the Enable button to display the Enable Two-Factor Authentication dialog box with a QR code.

QR code

5

Install and open the Google Authenticator app on your mobile device (AndroidiOS).

6

In the Google Authenticator app, click Scan a QR code.

7

Enter the six-digit verification code generated by the Google Authenticator app and your  password in the Enable Two-Factor Authentication dialog box, and click Enable.

Enable 2FA

8

Click the Download codes button to download the TXT file containing all your one-time passwords.

Save the provided one-time passwords in a safe place (not on your mobile device). You can use these one-time passwords to recover access to your account if your mobile device has been stolen or lost, or if the authenticator mobile app has been removed from your phone.

Sign in using two-factor authentication

After signing out, you can now log in using 2FA.

1

Go to the login page.

2

Enter your credentials and click Sign In (or sign in using Google, Facebook, or GitHub).

3

Open the authenticator app (e.g. Google Authenticator) on your mobile device to get the verification code.

4

Enter the verification code provided by the authenticator mobile app in the 2FA code field, and click Sign in.

If you have lost your mobile device, or accidentally deleted the authenticator app, you can use one of the one-time passwords you store after enabling the 2FA on your Make account (step 6 in the How to enable two-factor authentication section above).

Disable two-factor authentication

1

Log in to your account.

2

Go to your Profile page and click the 2FA tab for two-factor authentication.

3

Click the Disable button, enter the verification code generated by your authenticator app on your mobile device, enter your password, and click Disable.

Disable 2FA


Two-factor authentication is now disabled on your account.

Switch to another authenticator app or change your mobile device

If you want to use another app for the two-factor authentication or another phone, you first need to disable the two-factor authentication on your Make account using your current authenticator app or one-time password.

2

Install another authenticator app on your mobile device (or the same app on the new mobile device).

3

Enable the two-factor authentication on your account using your newly installed authenticator app.