{"id":662246,"date":"2024-11-13T16:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/?p=662246"},"modified":"2024-11-13T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:44:29","slug":"how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication-on-your-instagram-step-by-step-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/how-to\/apps\/how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication-on-your-instagram-step-by-step-guide.html","title":{"rendered":"How to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your Instagram: Step-by-step guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this digital age, Meta-owned Instagram, a social media platform has become an essential part of many of our lives. From updating our daily life to connecting with people around the globe, it has served the needs of most of us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as Instagram has become one of the most used social media platforms, the hackers haven\u2019t even left it. There are multiple successful cases of hacked Instagram accounts, and if you\u2019ve also noticed some unusual activity on your account then it\u2019s high time to take some action. You can start with changing your password and enable <strong>\u201ctwo-factor authentication\u201d<\/strong> for additional security. This surely makes it difficult for hackers to gain access to your account. So, here we are with the step-by-step guide for this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication-on-your-instagram\">How to enable \u201ctwo-factor authentication\u201d on your Instagram<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Open the Instagram app on your phone.<br><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Go to your Profile, then tap the top right Profile Menu.<br><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Here tap \u201cAccounts Centre\u201d and go to \u201cPassword and Security\u201d in Account settings.<br><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Tap on \u201cTwo-factor authentication\u201d and then choose the account.<br><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Select on \u201cSMS or WhatsApp\u201d option and tap on the next<br><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: Now, you\u2019ll receive a 6-digit confirmation code. Enter the code and tap on \u201cNext\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following these steps, your account will be secured with two-factor authentication. Moreover, you can add your email address so that if you ever lose your phone, you can get the confirmation code by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/how-to\/apps\/how-to-change-your-instagram-password-in-6-easy-steps.html\">How to change your Instagram password in 6 easy steps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-you-should-know\">Things you should know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authentication App<\/strong>: It is a dedicated app for enabling two-factor authentication and it allows you to connect multiple devices to your account so you can get your login codes on all your devices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security Checkup<\/strong>: This feature becomes crucial as it conducts security checkups on your account to help you secure your account. It alerts you about the security issues of your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Login Alerts<\/strong>: Using this feature you can turn the toggle-on and it\u2019ll send you the notification whenever someone tries to log in to your account from an unrecognised device or browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/how-to\/apps\/how-to-deactivate-your-instagram-account-step-by-step-guide.html\">How to deactivate your Instagram account: Step-by-step guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where you\u2019re logged in: This feature allows you to check on how many devices you are logged in with the approximate locations of your devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"360\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-qnnISo49Y\" title=\"Android vs iOS - Not your usual comparison\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this digital age, Meta-owned Instagram, a social media platform has become an essential part of many of our lives. From updating our daily life to connecting with people around the globe, it has served the needs of most of us.&nbsp; And as Instagram has become one of the most used social media platforms, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2340,"featured_media":662252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[192115,241169],"contenttype":[212],"digitlang":[165350],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662253,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662246\/revisions\/662253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662246"},{"taxonomy":"contenttype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenttype?post=662246"},{"taxonomy":"digitlang","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitlang?post=662246"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dealstore?post=662246"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digit.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=662246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}