more and more people are getting their accounts hacked or lost because they do not know how to use
an authenticator app or simply because they do not give importance to the two-factor authentication
which is one of the easiest measures you can take to level up your account security on any platform
so in this video i'm going to show you how to enable the two-factor authentication
on your discord account and i'm also going to do this on both mobile and pc so make sure
to watch through the whole video to find out how to enable the 2fa on your discord account
now to begin with i'm going to show you how to do this on your pc this could be
done to either your web browser or the discord software it's up to you i'm going to do this
from the discord app so once you log in with your account you're going to see in the bottom
left corner of your screen this settings gear icon next to your username so click on it and in here
in the my account tab you're going to see a button that says enable two-factor authentication
so click on it and now discord will prompt you to confirm your account's password
click continue to proceed and you will now see a pop-up window with a qr code and a 2fa key so what
you want to do next is open your authenticator app on your mobile device i personally use google
authenticator but you could use any other 2fa code generator like ot or microsoft authenticator or
whatever you then need to scan this qr code in order to add your discord accounts to a fake key
or you can choose to add it manually by typing this secret key into your authenticator up if
you are not familiar with the google authenticator i recommend you to watch my previous video where
i talk about how to set it up and how to use it properly now before we go any further i strongly
recommend you to save this qr code you can take a screenshot or whatever or you can write down this
secret key and keep it somewhere safe so in case you lose your phone or delete the authenticator up
by accident you can set up a new 2fa key generator by adding these codes once you've done that you
need to insert the six digit verification code generated by your authenticator up and click
activate now the two-factor authentication has been successfully enabled on your discord account
so from now on every time you are trying to login you will be prompted to insert one of those
six digit codes as i mentioned previously it's better to have available as many recovery ways
as possible in case you lose your phone or you delete the app by accident reason why i recommend
you to enable sms authentication as well and download this file containing your backup codes
in order to enable the two-factor authentication from your mobile device you need to have the
discord app installed on your smartphone if you don't head over to the app store or play store
and download it now and while you are here you might want to install an authenticator app as well
so just pick the one you want once you've done that open the app and log in with your credentials
i'm going to do this from an iphone but the app looks pretty much the same on both ios and android
so what you want to do next is tap on your profile icon at the bottom of the screen and in here
tap on account or my account if you are using an android and select enable to factor authentication
you will be prompted to insert your account password again and download an authenticator app i
already did this so i'm going to tap on next now you're going to see on the screen your 2fa
secret key which you need to copy and paste it into your authenticator app in order to generate
qfa verification codes so tap on copy head over to the google authenticator app tap on the plus icon
to add a new account and select enter a setup key in here you need to paste your secret key
and enter your account details so we're going to call it discord
tap add and the app will start generating these time-based six digit codes which you need to copy
go back to the discord app press next the two-factor authentication is now enabled on your
account so from now on every time you are trying to login you will be prompted to insert one of
those six digit codes while you are here you might want to enable the sms authentication as well for
you to have an alternative recovery way in case you lose your device or delete the authenticator
up with this being said it's time to end this video if you followed all the steps shown in here
you shouldn't have any security issues with your discord account however i recommend you to watch
the next video to have a better understanding on how the google authenticator works