How to create Google Apps backup login codes By Drew Mathers | September 23, 2015 1 1. Log in to Gmail. 2 2. Click the gear icon. 3 3. Click: Settings 4 4. Click: Accounts 5 5. Click: Google Account Settings 6 6. Scroll down. 7 7. Click: Signing in to Google 8 8. Scroll down. 9 9. Click: 2-Step Verification 10 10. Scroll down. 11 11. Click: Print or download (under Backup codes) 12 12. Print the resulting codes. (These samples are fake.) 13 13. Click: Close 14 Posted in Google Apps