{"id":1261,"date":"2020-06-17T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaashivinfotech.com\/tutorial\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:15:29","slug":"how-to-enable-two-step-verification-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaashivinfotech.com\/tutorial\/how-to-enable-two-step-verification-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Two-Step Verification on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Technology giants like <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Google, Apple, Microsoft,<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Facebook<\/span> among others have always advocated enabling two-step verification to feature more security. If you continue to don&#8217;t use two-step verification, we recommend enabling the safety feature following these simple steps for several popular services. Facebook-owned WhatsApp is now rolling out support for two-step verification to all or any users.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new two-step verification is optional, but ideally you ought to secure your <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WhatsApp account<\/span>. the corporate assures that when <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">two-step verification enabled,<\/span> any plan to verify telephone number on WhatsApp would require a six-digit passcode that&#8217;s created by the user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the feature was earlier only available to WhatsApp Beta users, today it&#8217;s now<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> rolling out for all users<\/span>. To enable WhatsApp\u2019s two-factor authentication, you would like to follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Open WhatsApp (duh!)<\/li>\n<li>Go to Settings<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Account<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Look for <strong>Two-step verification<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tap on <strong>Enable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On subsequent screen, enter six-digit passcode.<\/li>\n<li>Next, re-enter six-digit passcode.<\/li>\n<li>Optionally, add your email address on subsequent screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the last step &#8211; optional, as mentioned &#8211; WhatsApp asks for an email address to link together with your account. This email address will let WhatsApp to send a link via email to disable two-step verification just in case user forgets the six-digit passcode. to assist you remember your passcode, WhatsApp will periodically ask you to enter your passcode. there&#8217;s no choice to disable this without disabling the two-step verification feature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upon enabling this feature, you&#8217;ll also optionally enter your email address. This email address will allow WhatsApp to send you a link via email to disable two-step verification just in case you ever forget your six-digit passcode, and also to assist safeguard your account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case you user forget the six-digit passcode, WhatsApp won&#8217;t permit re-verifying the account within seven days of last using WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;After these seven days, your number are going to be permitted to re-verify on WhatsApp without your passcode, but you&#8217;ll lose all pending messages upon re-verifying &#8211; they&#8217;re going to be deleted. 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