What happens if i lost my authenticator

Open your account settings and reset the authenticator — that is, link it to the app on the new phone. The item you need is usually somewhere on the Security tab. Some but not all services even display the secret key or QR code of the authenticator in the settings. The problem is that not all services use the same settings in the Web version as in the mobile app.

What you can do now is restore access to your account. This is also common if you specify an incorrect password too many times. The usual way to fix these problems is to re-enter the password in each of those panes. If that does not work, delete AOL and add it back again. Your emails are stored on the Servers, and they will re-appear when you account is re-connected.

So its stupidly asks for your password again. What happens to Google Authenticator if phone is lost? What happens if you lose your phone 2FA? What happens if I delete my authenticator app? It is the code you use to actually set up your 2FA when you turn it on for a given account.

Given the above, it can be smart to always install 2FA on more than one device or to save the backup codes you get when you set up your 2FA. As both of these tactics will help speed up the process if a device is lost, broken, or stolen. Basically there are two types of 2FA accounts. The only way to add the same 2FA with the same codes to another device is to have your backup codes.

You can try 1Password for free or you can check the latest offers on the 1Password website. You may try to verify your account with Backup Codes or using Voice or Text messages. If either process fails, we will have no choice but to use Google Help.

You may also like: Yubico Authenticator vs Google Authenticator. Most sites now offer Two-Factor Authentication, once enabled the service will provide you with Backup Codes.

Google for example issues the codes in the set of 10 and each eight characters long, each time you use the Backup Code it becomes inactive. You can also generate a new set anytime. To log in to your account type your login and password, on the 2-Step Verification form press More Options. Google will let you choose other options to log in to your account.

Select Enter one of your 8-digit backup codes and type the code on the next screen. Ok, so you have lost your Backup Codes, but there might be a tiny chance that when you set up your account for the first time, you have enabled the other verification method which uses Voice or Text messages. The process of using this method is similar to the one described for the Backup Codes except that you select the Voice or Text message option. Luckily, I never needed to use this option but if you do not have the Backup Codes and verification method using Voice or Text message has also failed, this might be the last option available to you to access your account.

Pay attention to questions and give as much information as possible where appropriate when filling the Google Account Recovery Form. However, I did not submit my form so I am not sure how successful that might be and whether the waiting time is as described by Google.

Keep your Google Account Backup Codes secure. I mean really secure, do not store them on the OneDrive, Dropbox, or any other cloud service. Do not keep them in your draft email — yes I saw people doing this, using draft copies of emails as storage for private information.

Instead, print them or write them down and keep them somewhere safe, perhaps with your passport or other documents. Even better, make two copies and keep them in two different locations. Personally apart from having printed my Backup Codes, I also keep a digital copy on my encrypted IronKey flash drive. If you are using an encrypted flash drive make sure you remember your password, especially if you access the drive only occasionally.

You may also go a step further and apart from printing your Backup Codes, you may also print your QR codes which you add to your Google Authenticator app, that way you may scan the codes with a new device.

I have heard that people also take pictures of them with an old camera not your phone camera , not sure if this is a good idea, but it also works. However, there is one more thing we can do to be sure that in the case when our phone will get stolen, lost, or damaged we will still be able to set up the new one with Google Authenticator on it.

Excellent, you now have 2FA enabled for your Google Account, you saved your Backup Codes, printed the QR Code, and hopefully, if you followed my guide above you have also printed or saved the Key.

This step is crucial. If you have lost or your phone was stolen, anyone may now generate new tokens using your Google Authenticator app. You will have to do this anyway if you want to set up Google Authenticator App on your new phone. Scan the QR code with your new phone. You may also print the QR code and keep it in a safe place. Once you scanned the token with your Google Authenticator App, press next and confirm the code to finalize the procedure.

Everyone has some old phones laying around.