How to turn off two factor authentication?

I am referring to people that are actually seem to be struggling with features

What is the struggle with this topic?

Question - How do I turn off 2FA?

Answer on page 1 - You can't after 14 days.

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

Every other comment has been in anger, frustration, and about the policy of not being able to turn it off.

Your point about users being overwhelmed by technology in general and Apple in particular is valid.

Not for this conversation.

If you have struggles with how to use 2FA, start a separate conversation.

Sumonfeni786 wrote:

Plase sen the link

If you turned on 2FA less than two weeks ago, you can turn it off through the link in the enrollment confirmation email. You would have received that when you turn the feature on.

I don't have the link and can't send it to you.

This forum thread is now over two years old (first post was 9/18/2018) and 107 pages in length. Anyone who thinks things will change is fooling themselves. 2FA is now part of macOS and is required for certain functions and services. Better to learn how to properly use 2FA than to continue to rant away at it. It’s not going away. 2FA is also a fact of life on most banking and credit card sites so it’s not just Apple. Get educated and learn how to use 2FA, it’s the only way forward.

2FA doesn’t turn on by itself. If you are in IT did you turn 2FA on? Are you trained and knowledgeable about how to manage iOS devices? Are you certified by Apple?

Finally, no, you do not have the choice to turn 2FA off. Learn how it works so you can be of service to your clients.

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.

symiller54 wrote:

I am not personalizing my comment. It was/is an expression of frustration with Apple.

You were directly addressing Apple who is not reading here.

If Apple did not build a way out of the 2 Step problem maybe they should.

And make things less secure? Apple isn't stupid.

The only way I see out is to buy a new phone or take my 11 back to factory settings. Do you see a work around?

That won't work. It's now permanent. All you can do now is learn to live with it.

Adilchaudhry wrote:

what can i do when i dont have my that device with me .. i want to turn off two factor authentication . its so irritating lol

You can start by reading this thread, especially the answer at the top of each page marked "Apple recommended".

Why are your employees even using personal AppleIDs with company devices? Just move to a company managed deployment and avoid any and every issue with employees using personal AppleIDs on company owned devices.

f h wrote:

You can’t anymore. Apple made that decision for you

Not accurate.

After enabling 2FA, a 14 day period was given to go back to your previous security settings.

The decision to not act on that was the user's.

camrunk wrote:

MAKE IT OPTIONAL so we can shut the **** thing off !!! We don't need it to keep the online Kohl's coupons or Ladies'Club notifications extra-private.

Your comments?

My comment is that, based on that statement, you understand what 2FA is for. And, quite possibly, you don't quite understand how to use it. What device is your wife trying to access iCloud on that is not here phone? It sounds as if she doesn't quite have her trusted devices/numbers set up correctly.

See the section on managing trusted devices:

Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support

Appleistoorestrictive wrote:

The response that "two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off" is completely unacceptable. Apple's whole ecosystem is too restrictive and regimented. Please allow users to determine what level of risk is acceptable. This should not be a dictatorship.

Whether unacceptable to your or not, it really is the only answer users here can offer to their fellow users posting here in the user forums.

And users will never, and have never been able, to choose the level of security they must accommodate when using someone else’s online service. That goes for banks and financial institutions, online retailers, online email providers, service providers or whomever. In every single case, the provider does indeed dictate the minimum security requirements to access their systems. They are the ones liable for the data on their systems, so users have never had the option to choose or determine minimum security settings. Quite bluntly I don’t think they care about your feelings about it. They care about securing the data on their systems so they are sufficiently diligent and covered should their be a breach on a user’s account.

Nothing about that is new, nor is it going to change. If anything, more and more companies are waking up to the risk of being too “free” with letting users set security settings and are realizing the downside to their own existence should they not take steps to ensure users data is secure, regardless of how users “feel” about it. Since on aggregate, users are horrible stewards of their own data, despite claiming how much they value it and their privacy, companies are taking steps to secure it, on their systems at least.

Wargaloot wrote:

Oh, Idris, it seems a myth they pay attention there either.

It's not. A number of things have been changed due to concerted feedback campaigns. However, anyone who thinks Apple is going to change this particular feature is living in a fantasy world.

Dan_516 wrote:

If you don’t care, then why are you bothering to post your annoying comments? Go figure...

Why are you bothering to reply? You can ignore whatever posts you wish to. You don’t get to dictate who posts what in what thread.

I am perfectly willing to help people with questions about how to use 2FA. But endlessly repeating that one wants to turn it off is pointless. It cannot be disabled and there is nothing anyone here can do about that. So the only response to people who ask how to disable it is, you cannot do so. End of discussion at that point, unless people start a new clean thread with detailed specifics of the issue they have using it. In which case, those of us who have no issues or problems using it could contribute constructively.

This thread however, ceased being useful or constructive after page one. You cannot disable 2FA. And if your using a service where Apple requires it, you have no choice at all about using it if you wish to use that service that requires it. Those are the only answers anyone is going to get to these endlessly repeated questions here.

And I will say it one last time. I don’t work for Apple. I have never been employed by Apple.

I managed to turn it off!!! Yaaaay!

It has to be done within the first two weeks.

Open the email Apple sends to verify that you turned it on and there is an option to turn it off.

They try to scare you by saying "Only click here if you don't recognize the telephone number used to set up "Two factor authentication" and they also warn that any apps or programs that use two factor authentication will be unaccessible.

Do it anyway unless you have Apple Pay which insists on two factor authentication. Im glad I didn't get that.

kaleya272 wrote:

I cant turn two factor authentication off

I know we’ll never hear from you again but that’s right, you can’t turn 2FA off, period. Not possible. You could read the preceding 138 pages of posts explaining why it can’t be turned off but I doubt you will return to do that, right?