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1. #RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR PDF#
2. #RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR INSTALL#
3. #RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR ANDROID#
4. #RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR CODE#

For that, you have to go into your Google account and then follow these steps: If you missed that step during the installation, you can get those backup codes anyway. This is also the way to reestablish your keys on a new iPhone. If your phone goes south, these codes will be a good way to reestablish authentication on your new phone - assuming, of course, you haven’t misplaced the codes.

#RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR PDF#

And you definitely do want to save them print them out and put them somewhere safe or create a PDF and save it where nobody else can access it. When you first set up Google Authenticator, you may be given a set of backup codes and asked to print them out or otherwise save them. (Note: the app will not be deleted from your old phone.)Īlternative method #1: Use your backup codes You should see the imported app now listed in your Google Authenticator app in the new phone.Uncheck which accounts you don’t want to export.Select “Export accounts.” You may be asked to verify your identity via a fingerprint, password, or another method.Tap on the three dots on the top right of the screen and select “Transfer accounts”.Open Google Authenticator on your older phone.

#RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR CODE#

#RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR INSTALL#

Install Google Authenticator on your new phone.

#RESTORE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR ANDROID#

If you’ve got two Android phones, you can transfer your accounts to a new phone by exporting them via a QR code generated by the Authenticator app. Transfer your Authenticator keys via Android If either of these assumptions doesn’t work for your situation, there are other methods you can use, which we’ll cover next. However, there are two assumptions here: first, that you have access to both the old and new phone, and second, that you have Android devices. The easiest method, especially if you use 2FA with several apps, is to use the Authenticator app’s dedicated transfer feature to move your keys from one phone to the other. Instead, you have to transfer the keys to your new app. It’s a relatively easy process - unless you find you have to move the app to a new phone.īecause 2FA uses security keys that are specific to each piece of hardware, you can’t simply reinstall Google Authenticator on your new phone and use it to log in. Google Authenticator lets you establish 2FA by using your phone to scan a QR code generated by the app on a separate device or by entering a key code. In this article, I’m going to look at Google Authenticator, including the easiest way to transfer the app to a new phone if you do have access to the old one, and how you can prepare for a possible problem (like a broken phone).

*Note*: Credit for these detailed instructions belong to Juan Monroy over at: What is a person to do? Well, turns out that the fix is quite an easy one. The issue that I had was that my administrator login to WordPress was set up to use Google Authenticator. When you do this, the admin login page will have not only username/password but also a field to enter the one-time code that is generated from the Google Authenticator mobile app (like shown below): I had set up a WordPress site with two-factor authentication with a Google Authenticator plugin. I had the Google Authenticator mobile app on my old phone and had quite a few sites set up within Google Authenticator. Quite a few months back I had to get a new iPhone as the battery in the phone was swollen and had to be disposed.