# Turn off two factor authentication

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-two-factor-authentication/156724
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-two-factor-authentication/156724 "2020-07-03T19:39:03Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-two-factor-authentication/156724/2 "2020-07-03T19:42:23Z")

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Navigate to the admin page for the user and click Disable.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/9/896a38998c8c0ea8f954f77e138a49d0fc642ae6.png)

If you prefer, you can also do it from the rails console: [Disable 2FA via console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-2fa-via-console/148309)

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