How to turn off two factor authentication?

How many passwords can a person be expected to remember. Turn off two factor id. We have 3 iPads, 3 iPhones a 5 and 2 brand new XR. THEY ALL GO OFF AT ONCE. TOTALLY UNNECESSARY STOP IT APPLE

Having 2FA does not require that you remember any more passwords than you had to remember before you activated it.

See this article for instructions on how to add and remove trusted devices:

Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support

Please note that you should have more than one device listed as trusted. You should also have a phone number (I use my work phone number) as a trusted number in case something bad happens to all of your devices.

Also, from the way you worded your post, it sounds as if you may be sharing an Apple ID. That is almost guaranteed to end in frustration. Each person should have their own Apple ID. You can share content using Family Sharing.

I don't remember enabling TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, so I can't disable it.

Whether you remember doing it or not you did it; 2FA does not enable itself. And you are correct, you cannot disable it. 2FA is a permanent requirement for using iCloud services.

So you provide no assistance in turning this off and don't respond - great customer service - as I go buy an android!

This is a user-to-user forum. Apple isn't here. No one participating in this thread has any particular interest in what kind of phone you buy. And, all the threatening you do to won't change the fact that, if you've had 2FA enabled for more than two weeks, you can't disable it.

You’re talking about making a new AppleID and simply not enabling 2FA with it. As has been mentioned several times in this very thread, sure, that will get rid of the use of 2FA for you for awhile.

You will lose all purchased content in the App, iTunes, iBook and MacOS stores though and will have to repurchase it. You will not be eligible for an Apple Card if you want one (and will lose use of your current one if you have one), you will not be able to use messages in iCloud, iCloud Keychain or any other services Apple requires 2FA on your AppleID to use.

Okay, XandMan 70, let's cut to the bottom line. This is Apple's policy and no amount of ranting, raving, castigating will change that. Forget all the claims about how the owner of the hardware can do whatever they want with it. Forget the explanations about why 2FA is good or bad, or affects productivity, should be the decision of the owner, etc. Forget about arguments regarding ethical and legal responsibilities. In the Apple ecosystem Apple makes the decisions about security and privacy and you have no say as a user. If you find that unacceptable you have a choice.

To the handful of contributors on here that think 2fa is a good thing maybe you have only 1 or 2 new devices which of course won’t cause any problems

I don't believe anyone here has ever positioned 2FA as a good thing or not a good thing. It simply is what it is.

If you read through the replies from the "handful of contributors" I think you will see a consistency to our "message"

• It is in place and your options to use an Apple ID without it are becoming more and more minimal.
• Nobody here can change it.
• Tell Apple how you feel at hhttp://www.apple.com/feedback/

waiting for a text on a device you left at home

What Apple service requiring 2FA are you needing to access in this scenario?

Also, a trusted phone number for your mom, neighbour, significant other will resolve this issue. "Hey mom, in a minute you're going to get a phone call from Apple with a 6 digit code... I need that code please"

Debating all of this here in this community, on this 70 page conversation, is futile.

We are not stupid people and can hear that you're unhappy. We simply can't do anything about that for you.

My wife and i share the iPhone as we have no need for a second iphone, and when i get the code number and my wife has the phone when she goes shopping, she has to keep ringing me on the landline to pass on the code.

Add that landline as a trusted phone number. When needed you can have the code sent o that number and not have to bother your wife.

See >>> https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204915

I have worn everyone out over this 2fa in short once you have it your stuck with it forever the only solution I came up with is open a new Apple account and DONT turn oh 2fa

a temporary fix for older devices is to use get code in settings security on a new device the on the old device enter your normal password with the code on the end

hope this helps

lisle256 wrote:

Can I ask why I would to start a new thread if my question was about 2FA? I’ve really not been particularly active in this thread anyways. Yes, I have found some assistance here. It’s very helpful.

A - it's 80 pages long and should really be locked. It's value has been zero for some time. Some entries are simply "me too's" that add no value. The original question has been answered many many times.

B - the community is designed to ask questions and have them answered, not provide a long discussion that strays away from the original question. Human nature and today's TL;DR mindset results in the same question being asked over and over by those who won't or don't read.

There are other similar 2FA discussions with the same theme and result.

Once in place for more than 14 days, 2FA can't be disabled.

It should not take 80 pages to say that and have it understood. Having it accepted is not the purpose of this community.

but you need two devices, one to put the password in, one to receive the 2fa number (be that cellular or wifi).....so even if i remove the second device, the 2fa then goes by SMS to my phone, which cannot be removed. Already been through this with Apple tech support, and they have no solution.

from the Apple groupies jumping on your comments.....

So looking past the unwarranted name calling...

What the volunteers will call out is that discussing Apple Policy, which both comments do, is not permitted here.

You are all entitled to be unhappy. To not like 2FA or how it was implemented. That is not the debate.

This community will not get you an answer or even a response from Apple.

Apple is not allowing 2FA to be disabled at this point. Nobody here can change that or explain that.

Telling us repeatedly that this is what you what is beyond futile.

Finally, telling you the accurate truth is not jumping on your comments.

Frwebb wrote:

So sorry, Idris; and I shouldn’t have been rude to Apple either. Pretty frustrated and annoyed (but I should behave anyway) at finding this can no longer be turned off, even if it creates problems for certain users. I misunderstood the way the discussion is managed, and thought I was replying to an Apple employee who could carry everyone’s concerns back to HQ for consideration.

No worries. You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Best of luck.

But it needs to be voluntary rather than compulsory.

Tell Apple you feel this way.

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

*Nobody* here can change this. 111 pages should have made this clear.

Apple needs to return to the Jobs ethic: "It Just Works."

Also see "you're holding it wrong" Same guy.

No one here cares even a little if you sell your Apple products. We're all other users, so your decision doesn't affect us at all.

I've lost count of how many times your question has already been answered in this topic. But since you failed to read the topic you posted in before asking the same question, you can turn it off within the first two weeks of enabling 2FA. After that, you can't.

Also mentioned many, many times, all vendors are headed this way. It won't be long before it will be impossible to purchase any device that doesn't require 2FA where needed.

Dan_516 wrote:

ONCE AGAIN, you’re missing the point. People don’t want your help. They want to choose for themselves to use it or not.

I am not missing the point at all. The fact is YOU CANNOT CHOOSE. Apple has the legal right to require 2FA if they wish to. And they have done so for specific services. If you use those services, you have no choice. And again, NOBODY here can change that fact.

You’re missing the entire point by continuing to raise the issue of choice about this, here in the user forums. You have no choice at this time. And nobody here can do anything about that, even if we wanted to.

You can post all you want. But the FACT is you don’t have a choice in using 2FA when you CHOOSE to use Apple services that now require it. And you have no legal standing to demand a choice. Apple online services are not yours to say how they are accessed.