How to turn off two factor authentication?

Wonderlandchick wrote:

This is ridiculous. I DO NOT WANT to use two factor authentication. I do not do ANY banking or keep CCs on my phone so I should have the right to NOT use this function.

2FA has nothing to do with keeping sensitive information on your phone or doing banking from your phone. 2FA protects your Apple ID. It does not and was never intended to protect your device. You protect your device with a passcode and by making sure you aren't careless with it.

You do realize this is not a social media site; it is a technical support forum and the post would definitely violate the TOU here which is most likely why it was removed. Posts should be a technical question or answer.

Do you have a technical question for us?

Just go to your confirmation email stating that you turn on this security two-factor authentication feature. Within the email at the bottom it's highlighted in skyblue to return to your previous security setting that is the ONLY WAY TO TURN IT OFF for GOOD. I just found the email thank god i didn't delete the email completely. I hope this is helpful. I was going crazy with this feature being on.

tawanna1 wrote:

Just go to your confirmation email stating that you turn on this security two-factor authentication feature. Within the email at the bottom it's highlighted in skyblue to return to your previous security setting that is the ONLY WAY TO TURN IT OFF for GOOD. I just found the email thank god i didn't delete the email completely. I hope this is helpful. I was going crazy with this feature being on.

The person to whom you are replying hasn't been seen here in two years. And, this answer was given the same day they posted.

Ditto Ditto Ditto > unbelievable that we don't have the option to turn off two factor. I had

no idea all the places (such as simply ordering a movie) this would

interrupt work and play. Let us decide how to best use our system. This

is NOT customer friendly in any way. Big brother does not know best.

I do not have any 2FA complaints but after reading all your posts I’m getting concerned. I’m only required to use it when I change my password. Do I have it set up wrong? Maybe I just don’t do anything that requires it?

OrangeSun wrote:

I do not have any 2FA complaints but after reading all your posts I’m getting concerned. I’m only required to use it when I change my password. Do I have it set up wrong? Maybe I just don’t do anything that requires it?

No, you don't have it set up wrong. If it's set up correctly, you'll have to interact with it only very rarely.

If I need to use it more than once a month, that's a lot. Most of the times I need to use it is on my work computer. My employer's IT folks do things like periodically delete cookies or do other odd things to the networked computers. Then, if I need to log in to iCloud or these forums, I need to use the 2FA code.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

OrangeSun wrote:

I do not have any 2FA complaints but after reading all your posts I’m getting concerned. I’m only required to use it when I change my password. Do I have it set up wrong? Maybe I just don’t do anything that requires it?

No, you don't have it set up wrong. If it's set up correctly, you'll have to interact with it only very rarely.

If I need to use it more than once a month, that's a lot. Most of the times I need to use it is on my work computer. My employer's IT folks do things like periodically delete cookies or do other odd things to the networked computers. Then, if I need to log in to iCloud or these forums, I need to use the 2FA code.

Thank you for the follow up. Appreciated

AbedAnsari wrote:

i want to need to turn off TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION

how can i do that this

TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION is disable

The answer has been given repeatedly. See the "Apple recommended" answer at the top of the page.

ByakkoChan wrote:

Clicking that link also demands that you reset your password; why can't Apple undo it by request if I can do it just by clicking a link?

This is a user-to-user forum. No one here can answer 'why" Apple has chosen to do or not do a particular thing.

Spacious wrote:

You are wasting your time on this forum, this is just an Apple Fan site.

Answers not in support of Apple are deleted by the Fan group.

This is a user-to-user technical support forum. However, users have no ability to remove posts. That's something that only the Hosts (Apple employees) can do. They do it when post violates the Terms of Use to which we all agreed when we signed up.

You are free to disagree with Apple. Case in point: all the posts in this thread talking about how much they hate 2FA and think it should be gone.

How would having access to your email allow them to reset your AppleID password? To reset an AppleID password you must be able to login in to the AppleID so you must have the AppleID password and access to a trusted device for the 2FA code. Apple 2FA is specifically not linked at all to any email address.

And unlocking your phone also has nothing to do with Apple 2 factor authentication. 2FA is about protecting your AppleID - the universal login ID you use with all Apple online services. 2FA has nothing to do with any given device you own or use, nor does it have anything to do with the iPhone or iPad screen lock passcode or anyone’s MacOS login password.

There is one, and only one way to reset an iOS or iPadOS device screen lock passcode. They must be erased in iTunes or finder to reset the screen lock passcode. There is no other way to reset a device passcode. And your email again has nothing at all to do with your device screen lock passcode.

So please don’t post FUD about something you clearly don’t understand. 2FA has NOTHING to do with your device’s screen lock passcode. 2FA also has nothing to do with any email address you have or use.

The police can have total, complete access to your emails. That will not allow them to reset anyone’s screen lock passcode on any Apple mobile device they own. That’s simply because you cannot reset any iOS or iPadOS device screen lock passcode AND still gain access to the device data. By design iOS and iPadOS screen lock passcodes can ONLY be reset by erasing the device. Apple designed their mobile OS very deliberately that way. Nor will having access to anyone’s emails allow the police to do anything to try to gain access to their AppleID.

TerrapinATL wrote:

Could it be 2FA is really about allowing the government to beat Apple security? If the police have access to your email, couldn’t they just reset your password to unlock your phone?

Access to email has nothing to do with 2FA.

Facts matter.

Seriously I can not turn it off that’s insane my old iPhone is shattered I never plugged it into a computer with iTunes I have pics from october 31 2019 to may 20 2020 I need to get but can’t because I have no way to type my old pass code in or see a two factor authentication on that device

TerrapinATL wrote:

Could it be 2FA is really about allowing the government to beat Apple security? If the police have access to your email, couldn’t they just reset your password to unlock your phone?

No. 2FA is about security. Many institutions like banks, credit card companies, healthcare, insurance, online payment sites, any site that contains your personal information are now requiring 2FA. Where it’s optional I turn it on immediately, knowing that if someone has my password they still can’t get in because of 2FA. Apple has also implemented Sign-In with Apple which doesn’t require 2FA but which the website has to support. I never have to enter my password or 2FA code to log into these forums for example.