desperately want to delete two step authentication

knopfwelten · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:21 pm
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well, all said.

i find WHERE i have to do it, and i click “disable” – but then nothing happens. i don’t get a code to enter, and the code i had used for logging in to wordpress prior just does not work.
but i soooo want to get rid of that thing again. can anyone help please?

thanks,
and merry christmas!

christiane

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knopfwelten · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:42 pm
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edit:

sorry, i provide more information.

my google account is NOT the mailaddress the blog uses.
i have an app specific password which lets me use the app from my mobile.
but i am annoyed that every time i log on my computer, i have to enter the code. that’s annoying and i don’t want it.
i therefore want to get rid of two step thingy. i went to the page, wanted to disable it: but whatever code i used (the one minutely generated from the authenticator app or one of the backup codes) – always the same: INVALID CODE! (and i also did not get a code via sms when clicking “disable”)
so what code must i then use?!?!?! please do help. thank you!
timethief · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:47 pm
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You can visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
and click the “Need More Help” link and complete the form for account recovery. https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery
knopfwelten · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:51 pm
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i CAN log into my account.
but i DON’T WANT to use two codes every time i want to write a blog entry. it is annoying.

i just went into a loop. i got a new page where i had to activate two step thingy. did it, printed backup codes, wanted to disable the two step thingy, used a backup code, and bang, back to the enabling page. vicious circle! aaaah!
knopfwelten · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:52 pm
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hm well, i just got an email saying it has been disabled. so i go and have a try.
thanks so far.
knopfwelten · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:57 pm
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yay, it DID work.
got rid of that annoying stuff.

but honestly, “a simple disabling” is something different …
timethief · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 7:59 pm
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I’m happy I was able to take my time away from my company and help you. Merry Christmas!
mattpeiken · Member · Dec 31, 2013 at 3:18 pm
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Knpfwelten — I’m having the same issue. How did you get out of this SMS code loop to disable the two-step authentication?
knopfwelten · Member · Dec 31, 2013 at 8:08 pm
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hi,

i got that annoying loop and though it would never work out.

just as i checked my email on accident i saw that i had received many mails, subject “two step … disabled” – “two step enabled“, disabled, enabled and so on.
so i thought “hey, it must be working after all”, ignored the loop, clicked a last time “DISABLE”, used a right code and voila, it was all done by then.
hallelujah!

hope you are successful, too!
knopfwelten · Member · Dec 31, 2013 at 8:09 pm
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and just in case it does not work: you might have ro “reactivate” the two step thingy first for wordpress. don’t ask why. i had to. and then i finally got the right codes, too.

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