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Unable to turn off two factor authentication

Basically my apple id is working in 5-6 phone and 1 macbook the problem is whenever i try to sign in my apple id i've to put those numbers or opt (whatever you call that) and that's a big HEADACHE atleast for me and so i decided to turn off the Two factor authentication but when i went to my apple id on my mac/phones there was no option to turn them off after scratching my little head for a hour or so i figured i have to log on appleid.apple.com and once logged, there was a edit button under Security tab but still no option to turn it off what to do? can somebody help please...

Posted on Apr 19, 2021 9:00 AM

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Posted on Apr 19, 2021 9:54 AM

sparsh195 wrote:

Basically my apple id is working in 5-6 phone and 1 macbook the problem is whenever i try to sign in my apple id i've to put those numbers or opt (whatever you call that) and that's a big HEADACHE atleast for me and so i decided to turn off the Two factor authentication but when i went to my apple id on my mac/phones there was no option to turn them off after scratching my little head for a hour or so i figured i have to log on appleid.apple.com and once logged, there was a edit button under Security tab but still no option to turn it off what to do? can somebody help please...
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0e12945f-9b7a-4dd3-a358-db9ba7326b36

You have a 14 day period once you have 2FA activated to turn it off, if it is passed that 14 days it can't be turned off.

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Apr 19, 2021 9:54 AM in response to sparsh195

sparsh195 wrote:

Basically my apple id is working in 5-6 phone and 1 macbook the problem is whenever i try to sign in my apple id i've to put those numbers or opt (whatever you call that) and that's a big HEADACHE atleast for me and so i decided to turn off the Two factor authentication but when i went to my apple id on my mac/phones there was no option to turn them off after scratching my little head for a hour or so i figured i have to log on appleid.apple.com and once logged, there was a edit button under Security tab but still no option to turn it off what to do? can somebody help please...
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0e12945f-9b7a-4dd3-a358-db9ba7326b36

You have a 14 day period once you have 2FA activated to turn it off, if it is passed that 14 days it can't be turned off.

Unable to turn off two factor authentication

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