Microsoft Authenticator Accounts Restoring

Saifin Mansuri 20 Reputation points
2023-09-12T02:16:29.25+00:00

I factory resettted my phone couple days back. I had few accounts in my Microsoft Authenticator app for 2FA. Before resetting, i backed up my 2FA account in the Authenticator with my Microsoft account. Now when i log into again after my phone's factory reset, the 2FA accounts are not restoring or shown. Could you help me how to restore them again? Thank You.

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
    2023-09-12T02:19:26.37+00:00

    You can restore from backup (assuming there was one) but make sure no accounts have been added to the newly install app. Then sign on with recovery account to do the restore.

    You can recover your account credentials from your cloud account, but you must first make sure that the account you're recovering doesn't exist in the Microsoft Authenticator app. For example, if you're recovering your personal Microsoft account, you must make sure you don't have a personal Microsoft account already set up in the authenticator app. This check is important so we can be sure we're not overwriting or erasing an existing account by mistake. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/back-up-and-recover-account-credentials-in-the-authenticator-app-bb939936-7a8d-4e88-bc43-49bc1a700a40

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