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> On iOS, you can back up Google Authenticator. It then restores with your 2FA codes intact. Source needed. I just opened Google Authenticator on iOS, and it i
by filoleg 5y ago
> On iOS, you can back up Google Authenticator. It then restores with your 2FA codes intact.
Source needed. I just opened Google Authenticator on iOS, and it isn’t an option. Googling confirmed that it isn’t supported on iOS.
If you try to restore the phone from the backup (whether iCloud or local backup), it will restore the app, but it will have no 2FA codes present.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> I just opened Google Authenticator on iOS, and it isn’t an option Why would it be an option in the app? Go to your phone's backup settings and select Google Authenticator. When I had this on, it worked. (It might have since changed.) Google being Google, there is zero reliable documentation on anything, but here's a community thing from a few years ago [1]. [1] https://support.google.com/mail/forum/AAAAK7un8RUcSLd5H1MpO4/?hl=en&gpf=%23!topic%2Fgmail%2FcSLd5H1MpO4 https://support.google.com/mail/forum/AAAAK7un8RUcSLd5H1MpO4...
- greggman3 5y agoAre you sure this actually works? My understanding is that iCloud backup is specified by the user per app (can default to on). Going into my iPhone->Settings->Authenticator there are no iCloud settings and iPhone->Settings->iCloud shows lots of apps but Authenticator is not one of them. I have iCloud backup on, have switched through at least 2 phones (as in 6+->10->11) where I have Google Authenticator on. The new phone never had any of the Authenticator codes after restoring yet all the other apps restored their data.
- JumpCrisscross 5y agoSettings->User->iCloud->Manage Storage->Backups.
- filoleg 5y agoExact same experience. The app backs up into icloud and gets restored on backup restore just fine. But no 2FA codes are present after restoring, so I had to enter them manually.