13/08/2017

How To Back Up Codes For Two-Step Verification In Google Account

Learn How To Back Up Codes For Two-Step Verification In Google Account/Gmail.Sign In To Google Account When Your Phone Is Not Near You.
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Once You Enabled Google Two-Step Verification In Your Google Account, You'll Receive Codes To Your Phone Number When You Go For Sign In To Your Google Account On A Device, But Sometime Your Phone May Not Near You, In This Case, You Can't Access Your Google Account.So, Back Up Codes For Two-Step Verification Is Very Helpful.

Google Two Step Verification And All Security Alerts Are Linked With Your Phone Number, If Google Notice Suspicious Activity With Your Google Account Or Your Google Account Signed In On A New Device, Google Send You Information About This New Signed In Info To Your Phone Number As Text Message As Well As Email.

If You Enabled Two-Step Verification, Google Send You Codes To Your Phone Number Through A Text Message, This Is Helpful As Well As Risky.Its Risky If Your Phone Is Not Near You And You Want To Sign In To Your Google Account To A New Device Or You're On PC And Your Phone Is Not Near You.Google Send You Codes To Your Phone Number.In This Case, Google Provides Back Up Codes Help To Those Google Users Who Enabled Two-Step Verification.


Here're The Steps To Get Back Up Codes For 2-FA And Use Back Up Codes To Sign In To Google Account : -

1.)On Your PC Or On Android, Open Your Browser And Visit Your Google Dashboard(Myaccount.Google.Com), Sign In With Your Google Account.

2.)Under Sign In And Security Section, Choose "Signing Into Google".

3.)On The Next Page, Scroll Down, Find And Click On 2-Steps Verification.

4.)If Prompt, Enter Your Google Password Again.Once Entered, Continue To Next Page.Scroll Down, There'll Be An Option Of Back Up Codes-Show Back Up Codes.Click On Show Back Up Codes.



Google Provide 10 Back Up Codes, As You See In Above Picture, 1 Codes Is Used And 9 Active.But If You Want More Codes, Tap On Show Codes Link, A New Pop-Up Window Will Open.You'll See Three Option-Get New Codes, Download, And Print.Choose Download To Download Back Up Codes, Choose Get New Codes Option To Get More-Once You Got New Codes, Previous Generated Codes Will Expire And There'll Be No Use Of Them.Choose Print To Save As PDF.

Now, How To Use These Codes For Two-Step Verification?

This Is Simple, Here're The Steps: -

1.)First Of All On A New Device Where You're Not Signed In, Open Google, Then Click On Sign In Option.Enter Your Username, Password.

2.)Google Will Ask You To Verify By Your Default Set Two-Step Verification Method.If Your Default Two-Step Verification Method Is SMS-Then You'll Be Prompt To Enter Code.But Your Phone Is Not Near You.Then Click On "Try Another Way To Sign In".

3.)After It, You'll See Some More Option That Can Be Used To Sign In, Choose "Enter 8-Digit Back Up Code" Option.

4.)Enter 8 Digit Back Up Code That Your Download, Print From Your Google Dashboard.That's It.You'll Be Able To Sign In.Each Back Up Code Can Be Used Only Once, If Your All Codes Used, Simply Visit Your Google Dashboard And Get New Back Up Codes.
If Your Phone Number Is Unreachable Or Not Receiving Messages(Codes) From Google, You Can Also Use "Google Authenticator", Read This Guide To Know How To Set Up.

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