# Why is 2FA incompatible with Associated Accounts?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-2fa-incompatible-with-associated-accounts/355387
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** 2fa
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-2fa-incompatible-with-associated-accounts/355387 "2025-03-03T05:49:50Z")
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### Author: ![aidanheerdegen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aidanheerdegen/32/277061_2.png) [@aidanheerdegen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aidanheerdegen)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-2fa-incompatible-with-associated-accounts/355387/1 "2025-03-03T05:49:50Z")

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It seems 2FA is mutually exclusive with associated accounts:

> [@How do I enable Associated Accounts with 2FA?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enable-associated-accounts-with-2fa/129490/3):
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> It’s suppressed when 2FA is enabled.

Why is this?

We’d like our users to add an external OpenID Connect service, but currently they have to make their accounts **less** secure to do so.

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