Sign in with two-factor, or if you've lost your phone

If you have turned on two-factor authentication, Techstyles asks for a 6-digit code after your password.

Before you start

• Two-factor authentication must be on for your account. See Turn on two-factor authentication.

Steps

1. Sign in with your email and password. The Two-factor authentication screen appears.
2. Open your authenticator app and type the 6-digit code for Techstyles.
3. To skip the code on this device for a while, tick Remember this device for 30 days.
4. Click Verify.

If you can't reach your authenticator app

1. On the code screen, click Lost access to your authenticator?.
2. Choose one:
   • Use a recovery code: type one of the recovery codes you saved when you set up two-factor authentication (they look like xxxx-xxxx-xxxx).
   • Email me a one-time code: we email a code to your address. Click Resend code if it does not arrive.
3. Click Verify.

To go back to the normal code, click Use your authenticator app instead.

What happens next

• You are signed in and taken to Home.
• A remembered device does not ask for a code again for 30 days.
• If you sign in with a recovery code or an emailed code, we email you "Your account was signed into with a backup code".

Good to know

• Each recovery code works once. When you are running low, create a new set in Settings > Security. See Turn on two-factor authentication.
• The code screen times out after 10 minutes, and after five wrong codes. Click Back to sign in and start again.
• You can ask for up to three emailed codes an hour.