Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID from Apple Vision Pro

Using two-factor authentication helps prevent others from accessing your Apple ID account, even if they know your Apple ID password. When it’s on, you need both your Apple ID password and a six-digit verification code to sign in to your Apple ID account. The verification code is sent to the phone number associated with your Apple ID, or displayed on your trusted devices.

Two-factor authentication for Apple ID is available in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, OS X 13 or visionOS 1, or later.

Note: Certain account types might not support two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication isn’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of two-factor authentication for Apple ID.

Turn on two-factor authentication

Go to Settings > [your name] > Sign-In & Security.
Tap Turn On Two-Factor Authentication, then tap Continue.
Enter a trusted phone number (a phone number where you want to receive verification codes for two-factor authentication), then tap Next.
A verification code is sent to your trusted phone number.
Enter the verification code sent to your trusted phone number.
Two-factor authentication is turned on for your Apple ID, and your Apple Vision Pro is now a trusted device.

Add another device as a trusted device

After you turn on two-factor authentication on your Apple Vision Pro, you can add other trusted devices to your Apple ID account.

On the device you want to add, sign in with the same Apple ID you used to turn on two-factor authentication.
When prompted, enter the six-digit verification code that appears on your Apple Vision Pro, another trusted device, a trusted phone number or your Mac.
Enter the verification code on the new device.
You won’t be asked for a verification code again unless you sign out completely, erase your device, sign in to your Apple ID account page in a web browser, or need to change your Apple ID password for security reasons.
Note: A trusted device must use iOS 17, iPadOS 17, OS X 13 or visionOS 1 (or later).

Add or remove a trusted phone number

When you enrolled in two-factor authentication, you had to verify one trusted phone number. You should also consider adding other phone numbers you can access, such as a home phone, or a number used by a family member or close friend.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Sign-In & Security.
Tap Edit (above the list of trusted phone numbers).
Do one of the following:
- Add a number: Tap Add a Trusted Phone Number.
- Remove a number: Tap next to the phone number.

Trusted phone numbers don’t automatically receive verification codes. If you can’t access any trusted devices when setting up a new device for two-factor authentication, tap “Didn’t get a verification code?” on the new device, then choose one of your trusted phone numbers to receive the verification code.

View or remove trusted devices

Go to Settings > [your name].
A list of the devices associated with your Apple ID appears near the bottom of the window.
To remove a device, tap it, then tap Remove from Account.
If you remove a trusted device, it can no longer display verification codes and its access to iCloud (and other Apple services on the device) is blocked. To add it back, use two-factor authentication to sign in to your Apple ID again.

Generate a password for an app that signs in to your Apple ID account

To sign in to your Apple ID account from a third-party app or service (such as an email, contacts or calendar app) using two-factor authentication, you need to generate an app-specific password.

Sign in to your Apple ID account.
Tap App-Specific Passwords, then tap “Generate an app-specific password”.
Follow the instructions.

After you generate your app-specific password, enter or paste it into the password field of the app as you would normally.

For more information, see the Apple Support article Using app-specific passwords.

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