In today’s world, security and privacy have become a major issue. The more easily it gets to communicate, the more it is vulnerable to a security breach. And the more you get popular the more risk of people trying to steal your data and information. And if you are careless enough to let your data and information in the unsecured state, you will be one of the victims. So, today we have come up with a solution to enable two-factor authentication for twitter so that you add an extra level of protection to your twitter account.
So, what exactly is the two-factor authentication?
In simple words, two-factor authentication is a security measure that adds an extra layer of security over your account password. After you successfully verify your email address and password, you will need to verify it’s you who is trying to log into your account. For this, you will have to physically verify your account. Physically in a sense that, you will have to enter the code that will be sent to your registered phone number.
Therefore, even if you have entered your email address/username and password, to get into your account you yourself need to give in the login code to the twitter login form. So, the two-factor authentication can be called as a physical security key for your twitter account.
Enough with the descriptions, now let’s get to our main topic “how to enable two-factor authentication for twitter.” There are two ways that you can follow to activate two-factor verification in your twitter account. One is by using your desktop twitter account where you will have to use a desktop browser, and the other one is your mobile device.
Steps to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for Twitter Using Desktop Browser
Turning on the 2FA authentication is easy when you go through the steps that are mentioned in this section of our article. Make sure that you go along with the steps so that you don’t have to face any problems. So, let’s start.
Open up your browser and go the Twitter’s official website.
Once you are on the twitter log in sign-in page, click on the Login button. Now, fill up the sign-in form with your twitter’s login credentials.
Click the More button
Now, from your Twitter feed, navigate to the left-sidebar and click the More button that is right above the Tweet button. This will open the menu items that aren’t available in the menu bar of your Twitter homepage.
Settings and privacy
From the menu, click on the settings and privacy button to go to your settings page which will open in a new tab/page.
Settings Page
Settings and privacy page is the page where you will get all your account’s settings if you want to change any settings to your account, you will get it here.
Your settings page is divided into three parts; on the left, you have the menu, in the middle section you have all your settings, and the left is the settings view panel which will display secondary settings that are under the primary settings. Closely related to Folders and sub-folders on your PC.
Select Account Settings
Now, from the list of the settings panel, click the Account tab. This will open your Account’s setting in the view panel of your settings page; on your right panel.
Select Security option
Account tab groups up the settings that are related to your Account. Form your username to password and all.
Select the option Security from the Account tab. Doing so will open the Security setting of your page in the same window; the view panel.
Two-factor authentication
Now, you have finally reached the settings from where you can activate the 2FA verification to your account. Click the Two-factor authentication tab to open up the 2FA page.
Selecting the Two-factor verification method
There are three options to choose to add second level protection in your Twitter account: Verification through Text message, Verification through Authentication app, and Security key.
Verification through Text message
If you select this setting to enable 2FA on your Twitter account, you will get a code on your registered mobile phone. You will need to use this code back into the form that will be displayed if your username and password are verified.
Verification through an Authentication app
This setting is for those who have the Twitter app installed on your mobile phone. A notification will be displayed through your application where you will get the verification code. You will need to enter the code every time you log in to Twitter.
Security key
This is a physical security key that will be installed into your computer or syncs to your mobile device when you log in to twitter.com using a supported web browser. However, you cannot use a security key to log in to the Twitter app.
Select One of Three Options
Selecting one of the three options will open up a dialogue box to get started. Now, Click on the Get Started button from the dialogue box to start the process of activating two-factor verification.
Enter your Password
Now, to verify it’s your account, enter your password and click the Verify button.
Twitter will send a code to your registered phone number to activate 2FA. Click the Send code button.
Verify your Phone Number
Enter confirmation code in the textbox that you get on your mobile phone and click the Next button.
If you didn’t get the code, you can click “Didn’t receive a code?” Twitter will send you another code to verify your phone number.
Two-factor Verification Activated
Once you perform all the steps that are mentioned above, you will get a congratulations message about your account being activated for Two-factor authentication.
There you go, you have successfully activated Two-factor authentication for your Twitter account.
Now, let’s learn how to set up Two-factor Authentication on your mobile phone.
Steps to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for Twitter Using Twitter App
Here in this guide, I am starting from the initial phase of installing a Twitter application on your mobile application. Most of us use our mobile phone to perform day to day tasks. So, if twitter is providing their service on your fingertip, why not to use the service? So let’s get started.
Install App
Go to your Play store or app store and download the Twitter Application first.
Launch the Twitter App
Now, open your twitter application and log into your account. If you install the twitter application for the first time, the app will ask you to create one first. However, there is an option at the bottom of the page to get to the login page. Click the Login icon.
Enter your twitter username and password and tap on the login button. After your id and password are verified, you will be redirected to your Twitter Feed “Homepage.”
Tap on the Menu
On your twitter’s homepage, tap on the menu icon to display a list of menus on your screen. The menu icon is the hamburger icon “the three vertical lines” which is on the top left corner of your screen. Doing so will open your menu on the left of your screen.
Select Settings and privacy
Scroll down the menu and select Settings and privacy options. This will open up the settings page of your account.
Select Account
All your account settings are on the Account tab of your settings page, so, to view them all, and go to the two-factor authentication, click Account Tab.
Select Security
From the Login and Security tab, click the Security option to open the Two-factor authentication settings.
Two-factor authentication
Now, you have finally reached to the settings on your Twitter application, where you can activate the 2FA verification. Click the Two-factor authentication.
If you want to learn more about the authentication process, you can click the Learn more hyperlink.
Selecting the Two-factor verification method
Similar to the PC version, you have three options to choose from to add second level protection in your Twitter account: Verification through Text message, Verification through Authentication app, and Security key.
Verification through Text message
If you select this setting to enable 2FA on your Twitter account, you will get a code on your registered mobile phone. You will need to use this code back into the form that will be displayed if your username and password is verified.
Verification through an Authentication app
This setting is for those who have the Twitter app installed on your mobile phone. A notification will be displayed through your application where you will get the verification code. You will need to enter the code every time you log in to Twitter.
Security key
This is a physical security key that will be installed into your computer or syncs to your mobile device when you log in to twitter.com using a supported web browser. However, you cannot use a security key to log in to the Twitter app.
Select One of Three Options
Now, select one of the three options on your screen by clicking the checkbox right next to the verification process you want to use. This will open up a setup page to get started. Now, Click on the Get Started button from the Two-factor authentication page. This will start the process of activating two-factor verification.
Verify your password and Phone number
Now, enter your password that you use to log in to your account and click the verify button.
Next, you will need to verify your phone number, for this click the Send code button that’s on the Verify your phone number page. You will get to this page only if your password is verified.
Now, enter the code that you get on your mobile phone and tap on the Next button.
Congratulations
Congratulations, you have successfully enabled two-factor authentication on your Twitter application.
Now, every time you log into your account, you will have to re-enter the code that will be sent to your mobile phone. If you have any questions regarding the article you can leave a comment on the comment box below or visit our official website Onlinehelpguide for the Twitter guide.
