Guides
Set up 2FA on any service — no phone app required
Step-by-step instructions for enabling two-factor authentication and keeping your authenticator codes reachable from every device you actually use.
Every guide is fact-checked against that service's own documentation and carries a visible review date. Steam is the honest exception — Valve's Steam Guard codes can't be reproduced by any standards-based generator, and that guide tells you so.Read our editorial methodology.
Tonight’s menu — setup guides
- 4 min
Google
Enable 2-Step Verification with a standard TOTP key — and skip Google Authenticator’s cloud-sync upload.
4 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 5 min
Microsoft
Protect Outlook, Windows and Xbox sign-ins with browser-generated codes, no Authenticator app install.
5 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 4 min
Discord
Protect your Discord account and server — enable 2FA and generate codes with or without the mobile app.
4 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 4 min
GitHub
Meet GitHub’s mandatory 2FA requirement using TOTP you can regenerate on any shared machine.
4 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 3 min
X / Twitter
Turn on app-based 2FA on X — safer than SMS and free for every account that verifies a phone number.
3 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 4 min
AWS
Assign a virtual MFA device to IAM users or root and generate the two consecutive codes AWS demands.
4 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 3 min
Coinbase
Lock a crypto exchange account behind TOTP — no phone dependency, no SMS SIM-swap exposure.
3 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 3 min
Kraken
Set up Kraken’s sign-in TOTP facet and its Master key from any browser you use.
3 min · 6 digits · 30 s
- 5 min
Steam
Steam Guard — the security settings, wallet, trading, and how to generate codes in your browser.
5 min · Steam variant
- 5 min
Binance
Turn on TOTP 2FA for your Binance account — better withdrawal security without installing apps.
5 min · 6 digits · 30 s