This means that if you forget your password, you need two contact methods. Last updated on Monday, January 14th, 2013 at 1:08 PM.Important: If you turn on two-step verification, you will always need two forms of identification. So head on over to WinAuth and download WinAuth today. Plus, WinAuth does a lot more than just Google Authenticator code, it does Battle.NET codes as well. Those guys really know what they are doing over there and they’re doing some really great work. Why have I done this? Simple, I don’t have the time to keep Google Authenticator open as an active development project so I hand the reigns over to WinAuth. Click on the “Erase ALL Data!” button and then delete the program’s EXE file. Once you have all of your accounts imported into WinAuth, go back to Google Authenticator for Windows and go to the About tab. Be quick about this, the secret key textbox disappears after 30 seconds.ĩ. Copy it to the Windows clipboard by selecting the text and either press Control-C on the keyboard or right-click on it and choose Copy. Inside that textbox that appeared is your account’s secret key. A textbox will appear below the three buttons. Select an account in the list of accounts.Ĩ. The program will ask for your program password.Ħ. Uncheck “Require Password To Reveal Secret Key”. Don’t forget to delete the goobackup file you created in step 6.Ģ.
Click on the “Erase ALL Data!” button and then delete the program’s EXE file.ġ4. Once you know that your accounts are imported properly into WinAuth, go back to Google Authenticator for Windows and go to the About tab. Open WinAuth and use the information in the file to recreate your accounts in WinAuth.ġ3. If it does, you have a proper backup to work with in WinAuth.ġ2. Checksum: (random numbers and letters)ġ1. Find Notepad in the list, uncheck “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” and then click OK.ġ0. Check the “Select a program for a list of installed programs” and then click OK.ĩ. Double-click on the file and you should get a message stating that Windows doesn’t know how to open the file in question.
Open the folder you saved the file to in Windows Explorer.Ĩ.
Check the “Unencrypted backup” checkbox.ħ. Check the “Allow Unencrypted Backups” checkbox.ģ. My suggestion is to backup your authenticator data using the following instructions.Ģ. I suggest everyone to go download the free and open source authenticator software called WinAuth. Google Authenticator for Windows has been discontinued and support for the program has been pulled.
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