Windows 10: 2-step Authentication

How can I delete or reset the code to unlock the Authentication App on my Samsung phone?

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gmail app and 2 step authentication issue

This is the sollusion for the 2 step authentication issue.

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2-step authentication doesn't work for SkyDrive on WP8

I am unable to enter 2-step authentication into the login page for SkyDrive on Windows Phone 8. When you are challenged to enter the generated code from the Authenticator app you must open the Authenticator app to read the number: once you return to the
SkyDrive app to enter the number the SkyDrive app resets itself & requires you to enter your username and password again. I assume this is because the SkyDrive app does not have fast resume enabled. This means that if you have an authenticator app on the same
phone you are trying to log into, you can't get into SkyDrive when 2-step authentication is enabled. There are workarounds, which I have listed at the end of this message.



Steps to reproduce:



1. open SkyDrive app

2. enter username / password

3. SkyDrive prompts you to enter generated code from Authenticator

4. Launch Authenticator app

5. Come back to SkyDrive app via task switch (hold right arrow key down, swipe to running SkyDrive app)

6. SkyDrive app resets, requests username/password again.



In the time it takes to re-enter the username/password, you have lost your Authenticator number.



If you try to do this via text message the same problem exists (replace "Authenticator" with "Messaging App" in repro steps above), unless you have a screen wide enough to display the entire toast message from the text & can enter it without
tasking out of SkyDrive.



There is a workaround, which is to use an alternate method that doesn't involve the phone I am on - for example, email (which I can read on a different machine) or call a number.



Please file a bug against SkyDrive.

 

2 step-authentication with app password not working

Just to be clear, after enabling 2-step authentication on my account, Chronos Calendar was unable to sync (which was expected). I went to the web page to create an app password, did a copy of the code, went back to Chronos Calendar, paste the code in
the password field. But I got the error that I can't get authenticated. I tried several times, removing the password, creating a new one, enter it manually or by copy/paste: same problem. So I removed the 2-step authentication and everything is now back to
normal.