{"id":17377,"date":"2017-05-14T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T07:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=17377"},"modified":"2017-05-14T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T07:44:40","slug":"how-to-enable-two-step-verification-in-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-enable-two-step-verification-in-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has been busy enhancing the safety in its app. The fb-owned organisation enabled end-to-end encryption within the app last yr and now, it has introduced two-step verification. WhatsApp is rolling out two-step verification in its iPhone, Android and home windows app. The brand new protection function will ensure that nobody can set up your WhatsApp account with simply your cell range. We\u2019ll virtually recommend you to set it up for your WhatsApp account and to help you out, right here are the steps to permit two-step verification in WhatsApp:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open WhatsApp Messenger on your iPhone, Android smartphone\u00a0or Windows\u00a0smartphone. Then, head to\u00a0<strong>WhatsApp Settings-&gt;Account-&gt;Two-step verification<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Settings.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Settings.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Settings-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Here, tap on \u201c<strong>Enable<\/strong>\u201d and then, enter the\u00a0<strong>6-digit passcode<\/strong>, which you will be prompted to enter when setting up WhatsApp afresh. Tap \u201cNext\u201d and confirm the passcode again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Enable-WhatsApp-two-step-verification.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Enable-WhatsApp-two-step-verification.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Enable-WhatsApp-two-step-verification-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once done, you can\u00a0<strong>enter the\u00a0recovery email address<\/strong>, where you can\u00a0get a link to reset the passcode in case you forget it. You can choose to skip this step but it\u2019s still highly recommended if you don\u2019t want to be locked out of your own WhatsApp account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Email-Address-Two-Step.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp\" width=\"640\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Email-Address-Two-Step.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Email-Address-Two-Step-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>After you have confirmed the email address,\u00a0<strong>WhatsApp two-step verification will be enabled<\/strong>. In the Two-step verification page,\u00a0you will now find options to disable two-step verification, change passcode and email address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Enabled.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Enabled.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Two-Step-Verification-Enabled-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once two-step verification is enabled, you will have to enter the passcode you set whenever you are registering your phone number with WhatsApp again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Verify.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Verify.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Verify-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"points-to-note-in-whatsapp-two-step-verification\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Points to Note in WhatsApp Two-Step Verification:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>If you forgot your password and you did not\u00a0enter an email address, you will be able to\u00a0<strong>reverify your WhatsApp account without the password <\/strong>after\u00a0<strong>7 days<\/strong>. But, you will end up loosing all your pending messages.<\/li>\n<li>You will not be able to reverify your WhatsApp account without the\u00a0passcode, until it has been 7-days.<\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp will\u00a0<strong>regularly prompt you to enter the passcode<\/strong>, so that you don\u2019t forget it. This can only be disabled by disabling two-step verification.<\/li>\n<li>If your WhatsApp account is registered and verified without the passcode after 30 days of last using WhatsApp,\u00a0<strong>your account will be deleted<\/strong><strong>and a new one will be created<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enable WhatsApp Two-Step Verification to Add Security to Your Account<\/p>\n<p>As you must have noticed, the WhatsApp two-step verification feature comes with a lot of shenanigans, which is good because it does add to the security in the messaging client. With a WhatsApp account featuring personal chats and data, the security features are definitely welcome. So, we\u2019ll definitely recommend you to enable it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp &#8211; Mobile &#8211; The fb-owned organisation enabled end-to-end encryption within the app last yr and now, it has <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,46018,53373],"tags":[11316,11329,11323,11315,53246,11333,53244,11320,53250,29707,53259,53258,53236,53254,53235,47739,53251,53247,53239,53242,47741,53256,53261,39130,53240,11319,53252,53237,26081,11334,53253,53238,53249,53257,53245,53241,53255,53243,53248,11317,53260,11314,11325,11318,53262],"class_list":["post-17377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","category-mobile","category-whatsapp","tag-2-factor-authentication","tag-2-factor-authentication-google","tag-2-step","tag-2-step-verification","tag-2-step-verification-gmail","tag-2-step-verification-google","tag-2-step-verification-settings","tag-2fa","tag-authentication-google-account","tag-gmail-2-step-verification","tag-gmail-authentication","tag-gmail-for-google","tag-gmail-from-google","tag-gmail-from-google-account","tag-gmail-google","tag-gmail-google-account","tag-google-2-step-verification-backup-codes","tag-google-account-authentication","tag-google-account-login-gmail","tag-google-account-login-password","tag-google-account-settings","tag-google-account-sign-in-gmail","tag-google-accounts-help-center","tag-google-app-password","tag-google-authenticator","tag-google-authenticator-app","tag-google-backup-codes","tag-google-gmail","tag-google-gmail-account","tag-google-prompt","tag-google-security-app","tag-google-settings-app","tag-google-sign-in-gmail","tag-google-sign-in-gmail-accounts","tag-google-two-step-verification","tag-google-verification","tag-how-to-authenticate-google-account","tag-how-to-verify-google-account","tag-http-google-com-accounts","tag-multi-factor-authentication","tag-set-up-google-authenticator","tag-two-factor-authentication","tag-two-factor-authentication-google","tag-two-step-verification","tag-two-step-verification-gmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}