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How to enable 2 factor authentication

How to enable 2 factor authentication


Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a second step after your password, so someone who learns your password still can't get into your SimplyPrint account. This guide shows how to turn it on with an authenticator app, what signing in looks like afterwards, and how to add a security key such as a YubiKey.


Two-factor authentication is free on every SimplyPrint plan.


Table of contents


Before you start

You need an authenticator app on your phone, such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Authy or 1Password. The app makes a new 6-digit code every 30 seconds, without needing an internet connection.


Two-factor is set per person, not per account. Turning yours on doesn't change anyone else's.


If you sign in through your school's or company's single sign-on (SSO), you won't see the two-factor settings. Your organization's sign-in decides whether there's a second step.


Turn on two-factor with an authenticator app

  1. Click your name in the top-right corner of the panel and choose Your account.
  2. Open the Security & password tab. You can also go straight to simplyprint.io/panel/user_settings/security.
  3. In the Two-Factor authentication section, click Set up on the Authenticator app row.
  4. Scan the QR code with your authenticator app. Can't scan it? Click Copy key and paste the key into the app instead. On a phone, Open in app adds it to your authenticator app directly.
  5. Enter the 6-digit code the app shows. It's checked as soon as you type the last digit, or click Turn on. You'll see Enabled 2FA.
  6. Save your 10 recovery codes with Download or Copy, and keep them somewhere safe, like your password manager, that you can reach without this phone. You won't see them again.
  7. Click Done.


The Set up your authenticator app window, with the QR code, the setup key and the 6-digit code field


The badge next to Two-Factor authentication changes to On.


Your recovery codes are how you get back in if you lose your phone. See Two-factor recovery codes: use them and get new ones.


Signing in with two-factor on

  1. Enter your email and password and click Sign in.
  2. Enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app.


If you've also added a security key or a passkey, SimplyPrint asks for that first. Click Try another way, then Use your authentication app, to use the code.


Signing in with Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub or Discord doesn't skip this step: you come back to the SimplyPrint login page and finish there. See Sign in with Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub or Discord.


Lost your phone? Choose the recovery code option at this step. See Lost 2 factor authentication app.


Skip the second step on your own computer

At the second step, tick Don't ask again on this computer for 30 days before you enter your code or touch your key. It doesn't apply when you sign in with a recovery code. SimplyPrint then signs you in on that computer with just your password for the next 30 days, even after you sign out.


Apart from signing in with a passkey, this is the only thing that skips the second step. It stops working early if you change your password or set up your authenticator app again. Don't tick it on a shared computer, and it isn't offered in the Hub.


Confirming sensitive actions

With two-factor on, SimplyPrint confirms sensitive actions with your second step instead of your password. That includes adding a passkey, getting new recovery codes, and removing a security key or your authenticator app. You can use your security key or passkey, a code from your authenticator app, or a recovery code.


Add a security key

A security key, such as a YubiKey, lets you touch a key instead of typing a code. It comes on top of your authenticator app. Click Add a security key in the same section. See Use a security key (YubiKey) for two-factor authentication.


Passkeys and two-factor

A passkey signs you in with your fingerprint, face or screen lock and counts as both steps at once, so signing in with a passkey skips the two-factor step. Passkeys don't turn two-factor on by themselves, though. If your organization requires two-factor, you need an authenticator app. See Sign in to SimplyPrint with a passkey.


Updated on: 02/11/2026

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