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'm in the same boat as many of you. I can't stand this 2 step authentication thing. So, first issue is that the system asks for a code EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I try to login. Doesn't matter whether its on my old macbook pro or new one i just got. Or on my iphone. Or on any one of our several apple tvs. Or on any of our ipads. Every time we login to just about anything it prompts us to enter the verification code. I've clicked "trust this browser" or whatever it says more times than i can count and it still continues to prompt for a code. I understand it asking ONCE. But every single time?!

2nd issue is that when it says its sending a code it doesnt typically send anything or is sending a code to who knows where. Nothing gets sent to my phone. I double checked my cell from the trusted number and it is. The only way to get a code is to click "i didnt get a code" and then force it to send to my phone.

The main issue is that for some reason the "trusted" part isnt getting saved (sorry don't know the technical wording for it). And we have one older apple tv that wont sign on no matter how many times we put in the code.

Does anyone know if this issue is possibly linked to IP addresses? I wondered if maybe because we use Comcast and i think the IP address changes that was the issue?? I'm grasping at straws here trying to get it to work.

If you asked, I am sure "most" people don't want speed limits on highways, helmet laws for motorcycle riders and many other possibly inconvenient ways companies and governments have worked towards keeping the population safe.

You are free to exercise your right to use a different mobile phone platform where your online/account safety is not as integral to the operation system as iOS provides.

Yes, it's suck, confusing and I have to have another apple equipment with me all the time. I searched everywhere and they all led to the button that doesn't have the ability to turn it off. I've been entering passwords for about 2000 times already.

That's the point.. Hardly anybody in my country of about 70 million people with more than double that number has mobile phones use phone line anymore. Besides, the point is that I must have another equipment, and it seems once in a while the phone ask me to entre the password for icloud again and again.

Every single trusted device you own, including the one in your hand when a code is required, receives the code. Unless you have lost your device or had it stolen, or it is broken, there is no need at all for any other piece of equipment other than the iPhone or iPad in your hand.

I don't know why I keep reading these posts. The issue is many of us have multiple devices. Most of the time I'm on my PC. So when I see the email telling me there's a new post in this forum, I go to it on my PC. I don't have an iPhone and my iPad is turned off in a different room.

The only good thing is that as I keep signing back in on my PC, to read these, I'm it's still saving my password and the IP address must not have changed or something like that. But next time I follow the link to this group and I need 2F to log in. I won't bother coming back.

I use my Lenovo Windows machine too for these forums. And just like on my Mac, my iPhone and my iPad I simply click on "trust this browser". I then only get prompted for a 2FA code once in a while at most. And since my iPhone is my only phone so always nearby, I just get the code on it.

You're hardly the only one to use multiple devices. I have two iPhones, three iPads, two Macs, and two Windows laptops. Never found 2FA to be overly annoying using Apple online services with any of them.

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I see that JaneonJane's enquiry dates back to September 2018. Today, February 7, 2019, there is a good answer from Kurt Nelson1 (please scroll down) about what to actually do to turn off Two Factor Verification. I am very grateful for this and will forward it to my Mac Friends.

I see that JaneonJane's enquiry dates back to September 2018. Today, February 7, 2019, there is a good answer from Kurt Nelson1 (please scroll down) about what to actually do to turn off Two Factor Verification. I am very grateful for this and will forward it to my Mac Friends.

There is no such thing as Two Factor Verification. There is Two Step Verification and Two Factor Authentication. Two Step Verification, an older system, is automatically updated to Two Factor Authentication if you sign into a device with iOS 11 or High Sierra.

KurtNelson1's answer will not enable you to turn off Two Factor Authentication. You cannot turn off Two Factor Authentication if you have had it for more than 14 days.

Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I’ve turned it on?

If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off. Certain features in the latest versions of iOS and macOS require this extra level of security, which is designed to protect your information. If you recently updated your account, you can unenroll for two weeks. Just open your enrollment confirmation email and click the link to return to your previous security settings. Keep in mind, this makes your account less secure and means that you can't use features that require higher security

folks are correct it’s only for two weeks on the new systems. I know it’s a hassle sometimes but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

thanks folks.

Two factor authentication has nothing to do with your phone or your kids phones. It protects your Apple ID, not your phones.

If you install spy type software you will have to hack their phones. Which will allow you and every predator in the world to monitor your kids activities also. Are you sure that is what you want?

Do you have contacts on your phone? Suppose someone hacked your Apple ID, changed the password, then put it in Lost Mode and/or erased it. You would never be able to use the phone again. They also could change your personal information and security questions, so if you contacted Apple you would not be able to prove you were the owner of the Apple ID.

Then they used your Apple ID email address to spam the world, or perhaps sent "spear phishing" emails to all of your contacts saying that you were robbed in some country, had no ID and no money and they needed to send you money. Or similar. As the emails clearly came from you they would probably catch some of your contacts. And/or they contacted you and demanded a ransom to unlock your phone.

This is not hypothetical. I responded to another user who this happened to 2 weeks ago. And Apple could not help her, because none of her personal information matched the information associated with the Apple ID.

I have zero important data, none. I would like to be able to open my device and use it without jumping through hoops.

What hoops do you have to jump through? I haven't had to use 2FA on my iPhone since I set up the iPhone. If you have to interact with it regularly, something is amiss. If you explain the circumstances under which you're being asked on your iPhone, to enter a 2FA code, perhaps someone can help you figure things out.

If you have to interact with it regularly, something is amiss. If you explain the circumstances under which you're being asked on your iPhone, to enter a 2FA code, perhaps someone can help you figure things out.

The only time you regularly have to put in a Verification Code is when you sign into your Apple Account. That will ask you for a Verification Code every time. Otherwise, unless you sign out of things completely, you are right, Idris, you are not asked to type it in....

GB

Did you see this one about 3 weeks ago? Woman's Apple ID was hacked. Hacker changed the password and all personal information, address, phone numbers, security questions. Put the phone in Lost mode. Started sending spam to everyone in her contact list, then used her email address to broadcast thousands of phishing messages. Demanded a ransom to unlock the phone, but would not give back the Apple ID. So all of her photos gone. Apple said they couldn't help because she had no way to prove that it was her Apple ID, as none of the information at appleid.apple.com matched what she said. I don't know if it was ever resolved.