After the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, video conferencing apps became incredibly popular.

Surprisingly, two-factor authentication has been added to Zoom for extra security.

However, it can also be a bit of a problem for you.

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If you often use Zoom on different devices, this is quite inconvenient.

The good news is that you’re free to quickly disable two-factor authentication with simple steps.

What is Zoom two-factor authentication?

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Lets start by explaining two-factor authentication in Zoom and how it works.

This will help you understand why you should or should not turn it off.

Two-factor authentication allows you to protect your account even better.

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This feature is present in Zoom and in many other services that want to help you secure your account.

This feature adds another level of protection to your account.

In the case of Zoom, you have two-factor authentication options.

In this case, it is almost impossible to access your account without access to your smartphone.

you could do this in the web app version of Zoom from your system or another machine.

To do this, you will need the following:

Two-factor authentication will then be disabled.

The Restore Codes also stop working.

Now you will not be able to use one of them to log into your account.

What are recovery codes in Zoom?

The point is that Two-Factor Authentication has one major disadvantage.

Access to it may be permanently lost.

To avoid this, the developers of Zoom have added special Recovery Codes to their security system.

They are randomly generated when you connect your extra protection.

you’re able to use this code to bypass two-factor authentication in your account.

hey note that you are only given a few, which can only be used once each.

Also, remember that they are randomly generated just for your account.