I WANT TO TURN OFF TWO FACTOR VERIFICATION!!!!! It is a total pain in the butt and I want the option to turn it off. Help!!!!! How can apple not allow us to turn this time-suck feature off? I want to register my frustration.

I have the same problem. Turned it on recently by accident not realizing what it was. What a pain in my a*%!! I want to switch songs while listening to Apple car play and every coupe of secs, I have to put in my 4 digit code. That's a sure way to get into a accident!

Anyhow, I think I have a temporary fix. Go into your original email where you set it up. In that email it will allow you to turn it back off but it states for only 2 weeks. Never mind. I turned it off but it is still making me use my 4 digit code!!! Annoying! I have been eligible for an upgrade for a long time. I will probably switch to Android.

I keep getting a message that my Icloud data is full. I HATE THIS. I have disabled my phone to not save photo's I have plenty of room. Every time I login I have to create a new pw and have 2 factor ID. This is not the Freakin pentagon! Apple is WAY TOO controlling of what you HAVE to have on your phone etc.

No enrollment confirmation email of any kind. Just turned it on by accident. I’m an adult & I'm tired of Apple deciding stuff for me. I don’t need it. Don’t want it and never would have done it if I didn’t think I could cancel it. 😡

It would behoove Apple not to hang up when I’m trying to get **** set up on a product I just purchased from them the two factor authentication is trash, I can’t message with my number because I can’t set it up due to the two factor authentication

Agro8811 wrote:

It would behoove Apple not to hang up when I’m trying to get **** set up on a product I just purchased from them the two factor authentication is trash, I can’t message with my number because I can’t set it up due to the two factor authentication

It would have behooved you to have properly set up your trusted devices and numbers so that, in the event one was disabled, you would have had options.

koriandr129 wrote:

I totally feel your frustration. I am locked out of my account(that I've had for 3 years) because a tech person at my job added my work phone number, which removed my home number, on my account. I didn't know until a week ago because I had to log out and noticed the verification code kept being sent to another number. Sadly I don't have that work number anymore and only used it for a few days(so I don't even remember what it was).

Never give anyone else access to your personal Apple ID. Never store personal information on a work Apple ID.

AppleIDs are personal account identifiers. Why you would ever give the password to that out to anyone, let alone some tech at your place of work, is beyond me.

You willingly allowed someone to alter your personal data associated with your AppleID. That has consequences.

However, when I realized this effectively blocks my ability to ever use Find My iPhone (I don't have another trusted phone number

Incorrect realization.

Signing in to iCloud.com/find will allow access to FMIP without a verification code.

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Yes, thanks, I've done that. You're super helpful. There's no reason I can't provide my opinion here as well.

And has been pointed out numerous times... this is NOT the place to express that outrage.

I personally didn't express any outrage. I'm just giving my reason for wanting to turn it off. And frankly, since this is the Apple support community, I'd expect people who are unhappy with the state of the products to sometimes express it here and hope Apple pays some attention, despite there being an official feedback channel. It's not exactly unreasonable. If Apple is paying zero attention to what kinds of things people are ****** off about in unofficial support channels, shame on them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Signing in to iCloud.com/find will allow access to FMIP without a verification code.

This is really good to know but doesn't seem to be evident from going to iCloud.com. How is a user intended to find this information? I certainly didn't see any "don't have access to your device?" option when I logged into iCloud while 2FA was enabled. I'd test this out, but I've disabled 2FA via the settings rollback link.

Good luck getting people to stop expressing their opinions.

Again... expressing your opinion is absolutely fine.

Stop expecting Apple to act on them here.

Forgive us for trying to help the TLDR crowd express those opinions where they may get some action.

What were we thinking?

Hmm. I realized I have another appleid with 2FA still enabled and i'm unable to see that option:

The "Didn't get a verification code?" option only offers phone-based options e.g. resending it, sending it via SMS, or other support options for proving your phone number.

Forgive us for trying to help the TLDR crowd express those opinions where they may get some action.

Frankly, the "TLDR crowd" probably feels like you're being really hostile about this. I sure do.

I get that you're tired of hearing that people hate this feature, and it's answered correctly in the pinned message, but look at it from someone else's perspective. The pinned answer is a year old, so it's natural to start reading the thread and see how the conversation has gone, and then you are hit in the face with abject hostility to anyone who wants to turn 2FA off. This might compel you to offer your reasonable opinion, as I did. And I got the same hostility. Sorry to have bothered you?

NO. Not like THAT!

I certainly found the information AFTER the fact. I mean, BEFORE you opt in, in whatever screen you see AT THE TIME.

Along the lines of a warning... what it means if you do this (or don’t do it). This is missing for a lot of actions, yet is in place for others.

It should NOT be in an email later.

NOT by posting a question somewhere.

We should not have to google something like that in advance.

It’s obvious that many people were taken by surprise...

I have never experienced such Draconian measures before with Apple, although I am now forewarned.

Furthermore...

I found the email from when I turned on two-factor authentication.

It includes a link to Turn Off Two-Factor

Then says the link will expire (on a date about two weeks from email).

“After this date, the only way to turn off two-factor authentication will be to sign in to your Apple ID account page with your password and a six-digit verification code.”

I see no mention of NEVER being able to turn it off again! I also remember being able to turn it on or off. I NEVER got notice that I was locked out, until I was trapped in this loop. And in fact, the first Apple Support people I got, thought I still could!

So something has changed.

I don’t know when...