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Using Two-step Login (also called Two-factor Authentication, or 2FA) to access your Bitwarden Vault protects all your logins by preventing a malicious actor from accessing Vault items, even if they discover your Master Password. Since your Password Manager stores all your logins, we highly recommend that you secure it with Two-step Login.

Enabling Two-step Login will require you to complete a secondary step each time you Log In, in addition to entering your Master Password. You will not be required to complete the secondary step to Unlock your Vault. For help configuring Log Out vs. Lock behavior, see [Vault Timeout Options]({% link _articles/account/vault-timeout.md %}).

Available Methods

In the Web Vault{:target="_blank"}, enable Two-step Login methods from the Settings menu.

Free Methods

Bitwarden offers several Two-step Login methods for free, including:

Method Setup Instructions
via an Authenticator app (for example, Authy{:target="_blank"} or Google Authenticator{:target="_blank"}) Click [here]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login-authenticator.md %}).
via Email Click [here]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login-email.md %}).

Premium Methods

For Premium users (including members of Paid Organizations), Bitwarden offers several advanced Two-step Login methods:

Method Setup Instructions
via Duo Security with Duo Push, SMS, phone call, and U2F security keys Click [here]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login-duo.md %}).
via YubiKey (any 4/5 series device or YubiKey NEO/NFC) Click [here]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login-yubikey.md %}).
via FIDO U2F (any FIDO U2F certified key) Click [here]({% link _articles/two-step-login/setup-two-step-login-u2f.md %}).

Using Multiple Methods

You can choose to enable multiple Two-step Login methods. Logging in to Bitwarden will prompt for your highest-priority enabled Two-step Login method, according to the following order of preference:

  1. FIDO U2F
  2. YubiKey
  3. Duo
  4. Authenticator App
  5. Email

You can swap to a lower-preference method by selecting the Use another two-step login method button:

{% image two-step/twostep-diffmethod.png Use another two-step login method %}