# 2FA with OTP broken after restoring from Backup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-with-otp-broken-after-restoring-from-backup/191453
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 24, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-with-otp-broken-after-restoring-from-backup/191453 "2021-05-24T11:57:53Z")
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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-with-otp-broken-after-restoring-from-backup/191453/3 "2021-05-24T13:34:27Z")

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Have you tried deleting the OTP records before recreating new ones? See this post for help [Disable 2FA via console - howto / sysadmin - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-2fa-via-console/148309)

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