How to enable Twitch two-factor authentication

Twitch has offered ii-factor authentication (2FA) to its users since 2015, allowing customers to further fortify their accounts by requiring two forms of verification to log in.

If y'all take 2FA set up, it'll be much harder for a hacker or prankster to break into or take over your Twitch account, even if the attacker has your username and password.

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Enabling two-factor authentication on Twitch isn't mandatory, but recommended for those who want to keep their accounts equally secure equally possible. Here's how to ready it upwards.

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1. Visit Twitch.tv and select Settings from the drib-downwardly menu under your username.

2. Select Security & Privacy.

iii. Select "Ready two-factor authentication."

four. Enter your password.

5. Enter your phone number.

6. Enter the verification code that you received equally a text bulletin.

7. Activate authenticator app verification
Yous also take the option of farther securing your account with an authenticator app. We used the Google Authenticator app constitute on the Google Play and Apple app stores but whatever authenticator app will suffice.

Select Actuate on the Authenticator App option and a QR code will appear on your screen. Scan it with your phone and select Twitch (if you have other apps in the authenticator). Enter the code the app gives you and you're done.

eight. You lot're all set — 2-factor authentication is now enabled on your account. Logging in to Twitch will at present require both a countersign and mobile verification code. Feel free to go back to devouring hours of Permit'south Plays with the peace of mind that your business relationship is at present a scrap safer.