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Using The Google Authenticator App

THIS PAGE WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR APP.

THIS APP IS ALWAYS USED FOR SITES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO LOGIN USING A 2FA METHOD THAT “IS NOT” LETTING YOU USE THE SMS OR EMAIL METHODS FOR VERIFYING A LOGIN TO YOUR ACCOUNT ON THAT SITE.

THE APP THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A 6 DIGIT CODE ON THE DISPLAY SCREEN OF THE APP ITSELF AND WILL ALWAYS CHANGE THE CODE EVERY 30 SECONDS.

YOU MUST FIRST DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE APP

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE APP ALREADY INSTALLED ON YOUR DEVICE, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE “ADD YOUR ACCOUNT(S)” SECTION.

OTHERWISE, USE THE PROPER LINK FOR YOUR DEVICE BELOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE APP FIRST AND THEN PROCEED TO THE “ADD YOUR ACCOUNT(S)‘ SECTION.

ADD YOUR ACCOUNT(S)
  1. OPEN THE APP FIRST
  2. NOTE: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST ACCOUNT BEING ADDED, SIMPLY TAP THE “GETTING STARTED” BUTTON AND GO TO STEP #4 BELOW. OTHERWISE, START AT STEP #3 BELOW
  3. TAP THE (+) BUTTON IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN
  4. THERE WILL BE 2 OPTIONS TO ADD AN ACCOUNT: “SCAN A QR CODE” OR “ENTER A SETUP KEY”
    1. IF YOU HAVE A QR CODE, TAP THE “SCAN QR CODE” OPTION AND USE YOUR PHONE TO SCAN THAT CODE
    2. IF YOU HAVE A SETUP KEY SENT TO YOU OR OBTAINED FROM YOUR ACCOUNT THAT YOU WANT TO ADD,  TAP THE “ENER A SETUP KEY” OPTION AND ENTER THE KEY YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH
  5. NOTE: IF YOU SCANNED A QR CODE, YOUR ACCOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST AND YOU’RE DONE.
    1. IF YOU ENTERED A SETUP KEY, GO TO STEP #6 BELOW
  6. FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:
    1. ACCOUNT NAME – ENTER THE NAME OF YOUR ACCOUNT (I.E.-BITTREX OR WHATEVER WEBSITE ACCOUNT YOU WISH TO CALL IT)
    2. YOUR KEY – ENTER THE SETUP KEY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY ME OR THE ACCOUNT YOU’VE OBTAINED THIS FROM ON YOUR OWN
    3. TYPE OF KEY – USE THE DROP DOWN BOX AND SELECT “TIME BASED“
  7. AFTER FILLING IN ALL DETAILS IN STEP #4 ABOVE, TAP THE BLUE “ADD” BUTTON. YOUR ACCOUNT SHOULD APPEAR IN THE LIST ON THE MAIN SCREEN, IF DONE CORRECTLY.
DELETE AN ACCOUNT
  1. TAP AND HOLD THE ACCOUNT ON THE MAIN SCREEN THAT YOU WANT TO DELETE
  2. IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, TAP THE TRASHCAN ICON AND ACCEPT THE TASK TO COMPLETE REMOVING THE ACCOUNT
EDIT THE NAME OF AN ACCOUNT ALREADY IN YOUR LIST
  1. TAP AND HOLD THE ACCOUNT ON THE MAIN SCREEN THAT YOU WANT TO EDIT
  2. IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, TAP THE PEN/PENCIL ICON AND CHANGE THE NAME ON THE SMALL POPUP WINDOW THAT APPEARS, THEN TAP SAVE
OTHER NOTES:
  1. IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF YOUR AUTHENTICATOR CODES FOR ANY ACCOUNT, YOU MUST DELETE THE ACCOUNT AND ADD IT BACK USING THE SAME PROCEDURES FROM THE “ADD YOUR ACCOUNT(S)” SECTION ABOVE AND SELECT THE “TYPE OF KEY” OPTION DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT YOU SELECTED THE FIRST TIME.