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layout: article
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title: Set up two-step login with an authenticator app
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categories: [account-management]
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featured: false
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popular: false
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tags: [two-step login, 2fa, two factor authentication, account, google authenticator, authy, totp]
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---
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Bitwarden supports two-step login by using a third-party authenticator app such as [Authy](https://authy.com/){:target="_blank"} or [Google Authenticator](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en){:target="_blank"}.
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## Enable Two-step Login with Authenticator App
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{% warning %}
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Two-step login can permanently lock you out of your account. It is very important that you write down and keep your [two-step login recovery code]({% link _articles/account/lost-two-step-device.md %}) in a safe place in the event that you lose access to your authenticator app.
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{% endwarning %}
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1. Log in to the web vault at <https://vault.bitwarden.com>
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2. Click **Settings** on the sidebar. Click **Two-step Login** in the sub-menu that opens under **Settings**.
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3. Select the **Authenticator** option and then type in your master password to continue.
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4. Follow the steps that appear
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- Download an authenticator app (usually on your mobile device). We recommend [Authy](https://authy.com/){:target="_blank"}.
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- Scan the QR code with the app.
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- Enter the verification code from the app.
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5. Click the **Enable** button. A green alert will appear at the top stating that two-step login has been enabled.
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6. Click the **Close** button and confirm that the **Authenticator** option now shows as **Enabled**.
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## Test
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1. **IMPORTANT:** Ensure that you have copied down your [two-step login recovery code]({% link _articles/account/lost-two-step-device.md %}) in case something goes wrong.
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2. Log out of the Bitwarden web vault.
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3. Log back into the Bitwarden web vault. You should now be prompted with an authenticator two-step login option.
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4. Authenticator protection works with all Bitwarden applications (web, mobile, desktop, browser). Log out of and back in to any other Bitwarden applications that you are using to confirm that two-step login via authenticator app is properly working. You will eventually be logged out automatically.
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