How do I stop the two-factor autentication notifications from continuously popping up on my phones? I already turned this feature off on my apple id account. My phones keep popping up notifications even though I've never set up two-factor autentica

I share your frustration as I had the same issue - no matter what I did that stupid alert badge would show up and the notification would always show on my locked screen. I did everything outlined in this thread and it worked! Here's what I did:

1. Logged into my Apple ID on my computer. I disabled the two-factor authentication. When I did that I had to set up the three security questions. After all that I logged out.

2. I went to my iPhone and iPad and turned off two-factor authentication: Tap Settings > Tap your name (Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store) > Password & Security > Turn off Two-Factor Authentication.

3. The annoying badge and notification still showed up on my iPhone so then I did this: Tap Settings > Tap your name (Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store). On this screen if you scroll to the bottom you'll see a Sign Out option. I signed out. Of course nothing is easy with Apple so I had to go through a couple steps just to sign out of my phone. It wanted to know if I wanted to return data, blah, blah, blah.

4. Once I was officially signed out I went back into Settings and signed back into my account and the badge was finally gone.

I have turned this feature off on my apple id account

never set it up on my phones

To be fair here... your op contains 2 statements from you that demonstrate a lack of knowledge about how 2FA works. You don't actually set 2FA up on your phone. It is protection for your Apple ID, not your device.

Once you make your first request to sign in to a secure service on your phone, a verification code is sent to your device. That clearly has happened for your device.

We have no way of knowing what you have tried, besides turning off 2FA.

Have you tried a reset of network settings? Reset all settings? Restarting is not the same as resetting.

It would seem you may have conflicting code in your system. Process A is asking for something that is not possible now with 2FA disabled.

Restoring the device will re-install iOS and may be a step to consider.

I ran into the same issue, do not want the 2 step authentication. I went through all the steps required, but still had the pesky red #1 popping up beside the Two-Step Authentication as you show in your post. I finally clicked on that arrow and signed in with the new password which I had been required to set up. And Voila, it worked! No more red #1 tags on my my phone.

I know exactly what you mean. And it seems few people on this thread do!

i do not want 2FA. Simple. I have switched it off previously. My choice, I’m aware of increased risk. But if I have to use more and more codes and passwords I end up needing to write them down,whereas fewer codes and passwords I can remember- result is more security!! Apple notifications tell me to use it, I access the settings and select “not now”. That should be the end of it but they keep popping up. It is very very annoying that Apple think I can’t make MY own decisions abour MY products and MY security.

Dear Apple,

I DO NOT appreciate IOS updates automatically turning on Two Factor Authentication without my approval. This is very disruptive and I am FORCED to change all passwords for my Apple ID accounts and re-login on all of my devices and all accounts used on each.

BTW, I also DO NOT like the INVOLUNTARY downloads of IOS updates. This uses my network bandwidth, which I must pay for, and for uses that I have not approved.

Both of this items show poor judgement and lack of concern for your customers and a lack of trust that we know what to do for ourselves.

Please stop both of these practices!

Even though your instincts tell you not to sign into Two-Factor, if you already followed the instructions above, the only way to remove the flag and pop up notification is to actually "sign in". It doesn't actually turn the feature on.

Completely ******** how Apple set this up.

log into your account via browser to shut it off, it wont work from a device

Actually, there are times when two factor authentication is the WORST thing you can do. My company purchases and provisions phones for many of our employees. Many of them do not have another Apple device that they can receive the Secret Squirrel unlock code on. Since it is a work device, they do not have any type of credit card or other personal information on it. In cases like this, it is almost impossible to get the account unlocked if something happens. The Apple Store cannot help, neither can the Apple help desk. You have to start the process to unlock the account online and in one case it took them 8 WEEKS to unlock the account due to the things mentioned above. That's two months she was unable to use her work phone. Needless to say, I disable that on every new device we set up.

Yes, please, for the love of God, please tell us how you fixed this problem. Apple is slowly killing me with this. Every day it messages me to turn on two-factor and every day I dismiss the nag message. It's not enabled on my account. I will never enable it on my account. This is typical Apple ******** to force an enormous change like this onto users and just be like, "Deal with it, *****."

I am having the same difficulty and have done most of what you have done, not the final part which just galls me, but I guess I will try it. BTW, I never turned on 2Factor and in fact, specifically assured I had it off. Disgusted with Apple.

I am having the same problem with those constant notices to set up the Two-Factor Authentication. What you are saying here does not solve the problem, since I ALREADY have this turned off. I just keep getting notices to turn it on. Please help us to STOP THE NOTICES!