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Turn on two-step sign-in

Protect your account with a 6-digit code from an authenticator app or by email, and let admins require it for the whole firm.

In short: With two-step sign-in, ProCharted asks for a 6-digit code after your password, so nobody can get into your account with your password alone. It’s optional for each person, and an admin can require it for the whole firm.

Turn it on for yourself

  1. Click your avatar > Profile.
  2. In the Two-step sign-in card, click Turn on two-step sign-in.
  3. Choose how you get your codes:
    • Authenticator app (recommended): open an authenticator app on your phone, add an account and scan the QR code. Then type the 6-digit code the app shows.
    • Email code: ProCharted emails you a code each time.
  4. Click Turn on.
  5. Save your Recovery codes somewhere safe. Each one lets you sign in once if you lose your phone or can’t get your email.

Sign in with a code

After your password, ProCharted asks for the code: – With an authenticator app, enter the 6-digit code for ProCharted. – With email, click Email me a code and enter the code you receive. It works for 10 minutes. – Tick Remember this computer for 30 days so you aren’t asked again on that computer. – Lost your phone? Click Use a recovery code.

Change or turn it off

In your Profile, the Two-step sign-in card lets you: – Change two-step method. – Get new Recovery codes. – Forget the computers you trust (Signed-in computers you trust: Forget all). Every computer then asks for a code at the next sign-in. – Turn off two-step sign-in (unless your firm requires it).

For admins: require it for everyone

  1. Click your avatar > Settings > Firm Details.
  2. In the Two-step sign-in card, turn on Require two-step sign-in for everyone in this firm and confirm with Require it.

At their next sign-in, everyone who hasn’t set it up yet is asked to Set up two-step sign-in before they can continue.

If a team member loses access to their codes, an admin can go to Settings > Team, open the person and click Reset two-step sign-in. They then set it up again at their next sign-in. The Team list shows who has two-step sign-in turned on.

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