Today we are going to teach you how to activate two-step authentication on Instagram through an app . A great way to make any account we have on this social network more secure.
Well, as we told you about a while ago, Instagram would implement this function . Now it is up to us to explain how this process is carried out, which is very simple. The truth is that in a few steps we will be able to have this security measure activated. In this way, our account will be more protected.
This process is carried out so that no one can enter our account without our consent. When someone wants to enter, our iPhone will notify us.
How to activate two-step authentication with an app on Instagram
What we have to do is go to our account settings. To do this, we go to our profile and display the menu that we have on the right side, clicking on the 3 horizontal bars.
With this menu open, click on the gear icon to enter the settings. Once here, we go to the security section and look for the tab "Two-factor authentication" . Click on it
Click on two-factor authentication
Here, upon entering, we will see that we have two options to select, to activate said option. In this case, let's choose the "Authentication Application" and activate it.
Activate the "Authentication application" option
When we have it activated, it will give us the option of downloading an app that they recommend, or on the contrary, looking for one that we want. We recommend downloading the one that they recommend , since everything is much more direct.
As they tell us, we download the app and once downloaded, we must return to Instagram again. A button will now appear with the name «Next» that we must press to send us the code.
We go to the app that we have downloaded and we will see that we have an Instagram code. We copy it and return to the app, where the place where we have to copy the code will appear.
Once copied to Instagram, we will have our two-step authentication ready. Now every time we want to access Instagram from another device or log out of ours, it will ask us for a code that the app we have downloaded will provide us.
