Use an authentication app for two-factor authentication on Instagram
When you turn on two-factor authentication, you're asked to choose either text message (SMS) codes or a third-party authentication app as your primary security method. A third-party authentication app (such as Duo Mobile or Google Authenticator) can be used to generate login codes that help us confirm it's you when you log in from a new device for the first time.
Keep in mind that you have to be logged into Instagram in order to turn on two-factor authentication. Learn more about what to do if you can't log in or if you think your account has been hacked.
To use a third-party authentication app for login codes:
- Tap
or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
in the top right.
- Tap Accounts Center, then tap Password and security.
- Tap Two-factor authentication, then tap the account you'd like to use an authentication app for.
- Tap Authentication app.
- Tap
next to Authentication app and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Enter the confirmation code from the third-party authentication app to complete the process.
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