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How to set up Google Apps 2-Step Verification

By Drew Mathers | September 28, 2015

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Log in to Gmail.

1. Log in to Gmail.

2

Click the gear icon.

2. Click the gear icon.

3

Click: Settings

3. Click: Settings

4

Click: Accounts

4. Click: Accounts

5

Click: Google Account Settings

5. Click: Google Account Settings

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Scroll down.

6. Scroll down.

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Click: Signing in to Google

7. Click: Signing in to Google

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Scroll down.

8. Scroll down.

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Click: 2-Step Verification

9. Click: 2-Step Verification

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Scroll right if necessary.

10. Scroll right if necessary.

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Click: Start Setup

11. Click: Start Setup

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Enter your mobile phone number.

12. Enter your mobile phone number.

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Click: Send code

13. Click: Send code

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Enter the code sent to your phone.

14. Enter the code sent to your phone.

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Click: Verify

15. Click: Verify

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Uncheck: Trust this computer (optional)

16. Uncheck: Trust this computer (optional)

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Click: Don't trust this computer (optional)

17. Click: Don’t trust this computer (optional)

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Click: Confirm

18. Click: Confirm

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Click: Reconnect my apps

19. Click: Reconnect my apps

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Click: Select app

20. Click: Select app

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Select any arbitrary label from the list.

21. Select any arbitrary label from the list.

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Click: Select device

22. Click: Select device

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Select any arbitrary label from the list.

23. Select any arbitrary label from the list.

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Click: Generate

24. Click: Generate

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Use this password for a desktop or mobile app to access Google Apps.

25. Use the resulting password for a desktop or mobile app to access Google Apps. (The one pictured is fake.)

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Click: Done

26. Click: Done

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