How to turn off two factor authentication?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208863

And from that same excellent article.

The original topic for this conversation, shown at the top of every one of its 84 pages, is about turning 2FA off. Period. Every contribution to the conversation should be related to that original question. Asking about using 2FA overseas without a phone or where a cellular signal is weak, or when you use 10 devices, or that Apple should "fix" this et al, is not in any way relevant to this original questions. Apple hosts have not closed this conversation for some reason so the madness continues and gets worse.

Also note that universally online, ALL CAPS or in bold, is seen as shouting. Not just here, but most anywhere you contribute to a discussion. When used within a post, it is assumed to be on purpose and not accidental. Like I just did.

It's absolutely acceptable and understood one can be new here. The volunteers here are generally very accommodating. Volunteers with tens of thousands of "points" have amply demonstrated that. Those points are awarded by users as a thank you and by Apple as a recognition of relevance and helpfulness. There are many, many contributors here with over 100,000 points, earned 6 or 7 at a time.

However... shouting, demonstrating a mindset of entitlement, posting without furthering or contributing to the overall conversation, not reading back to see if your "me too" entry is helpful or relevant, may get you a terse response.

Community conversations are rarely if ever, fruitful after a few pages and especially where the "question" has been fully and accurately answered early and patiently repeated throughout.

Sounds like you’re facing the same problems I originally had with 2FA,

when it works it’s great and when it doesn’t it’s a pain.

have you updated to the latest iOS? I had all these issues for months until I reset my password on Apple account since then it’s worked ok.

If you’ve had 2FA for more than 2weeks you can’t turn it off.

Been there but 2FA is for your Apple account and ID not the devices.

I do agree that you should be able to disable it, however after all the problems I had I hated it and Apple for forcing me to use it.

Now it’s fixed and working it’s ok and obviously more secure.

Read back a way you will find out that you can’t get rid of it.

make sure you’re IOS is updated reboot the phone and hopefully after you sign in and set device as trusted you shouldn’t be bothered so often

If I don’t want this feature, why can’t I just turn it off?

As has been repeated through this 2+ year conversation... you can ONLY disable 2FA within 14 days of enabling 2FA.

Nobody here can answer why. Apple will not speak to why questions in this community.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I have twenty macs and 104 normal computers. The 104 are already set up and all the software was pushed to them along with the access policies. The macs all require two factor to install software and its linked to my desk phone.

Sounds like you need Apple Business Support for your enterprise deployment.

Managed Apple IDs sound like what you need. You manage passwords, so 2FA is not needed.

Yet another completely incoherent post that appears to have nothing to do with AppleID 2FA?

YouTube has nothing to do with anyone’s AppleID, and thus nothing to do with AppleID 2FA.

And no, newly created AppleIDs automatically have 2FA applied and it is not reversible. So yes, if you make a new AppleID, it will have 2FA.

Since you’ve provide no information at all about why you’re prompted daily for codes or what circumstances you’re getting prompted so frequently for a 2FA code, no one here can possibly help you.

I can say I was prompted today for a code for this specific iPad and these forums, but I also have not used this specific iPad for these forums for over three weeks, so not unusual. I received the code on this iPad (a trusted device) and several other trusted devices and logged in. No big deal.

gkurtz001 wrote:

Not a big fan of your two factor authentication!! Why the **** can't I turn it off if I want to? This means I have to have my phone nearby all the time to get some silly 6 digit code which now takes more time to just login for God's sake. At least let us have the option of turning it on or off if we prefer!

This thread is now approaching 3 years since the first post. Clearly AppleID 2FA is not going away, nor is anyone able to turn it off with a new AppleID nor when updating an older AppleID after 2 weeks.

Why you have to go to to your iPhone “nearly all the time” makes no sense since a 2FA code is only required fairly infrequently, unless you’re doing something highly irregular with your AppleID.

And of course you don’t have control of it. It is Apple’s mechanism to protect you and themselves for the data you choose to store on their hardware systems (data they are liable for securing). Just as Google has now done (and many others are doing or planning in doing), companies are protecting themselves from liability over data their clients choose to store on their systems, given many (not all) of those same clients are notoriously negligent with their own online security.

Colelisa wrote:

This should actually be illegal. They DON'T give the option to turn it off? Sounds fishy to me

It is not illegal. Apple has an obligation to keep data stored on its servers secure. How they chose to do that is, to a certain extent up to them. Just as you can't tell the bank they should only require one key for a safety deposit box or not to ask for ID when you make a withdrawal, you can't tell Apple not to use 2FA.

Hello ~ You cannot turn two factor authentication off once activated. Please go to the first page of this now 155 page thread and read the Apple Recommended answer.

~Katana-San~

I don't know if you can now at all, in the past you had 14 days to turn it off or be stuck forever wit it.

2022 How to Turn off Two Factor Authentication Apple ID (itoolab.com)

I believe you’d find that all new AppleIDs for quite some time now are created with 2FA enabled by default and it cannot be deactivated.

call Apple.

You don’t. Apple requires 2 factor authentication on Apple IDs.

Graceglory wrote:

This is really irritating. Causes problems for me if I don't have another device with me.

You can have other phone numbers listed as trusted numbers so that you can receive a call or SMS on those numbers. It can be a spouse's number, a work number. If your in the U.S., using a Google voice number as one of your trusted numbers means you can get an sms from any computer you can log into.

Also, you should rarely need the 2FA code. If you're getting a request for it a lot, that might be something to explore. There might be something you can to to mitigate that.

i dont want that two factor o n my mobile and i cant see any option to deactivate that

Did you read this thread before posting? As has been explained several times, once you've had 2FA activated for more than 14 days, it cannot be turned off.