How to use login verification
Login verification is an extra layer of security for your Twitter account. Instead of only entering a password to log in, you’ll also enter a code which is sent to your mobile phone. This verification helps make sure that you, and only you, can access your account.
After you enable this feature, you will need both your password and your mobile phone, or a security key (via twitter.com) to log in to your account. When you log in to twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, Twitter for Android, or mobile.twitter.com, you will receive a six-digit login code to enter. By default, this will be sent via SMS text message (see our list of supported carriers), or you can use a third party app or a security key for verification (see details below).
Note: In order to set up login verification, you need to have a phone number associated with your Twitter account. This requirement is in place for account recovery. If you manage multiple accounts that use the same phone number, it is possible to use login verification for each account. For added security, we recommend enabling login verification for all of your accounts.
Important: Before you can enable login verification, you must:
Temporary passwords
After you enable login verification for your account on the web, you'll need to use a temporary password to log in to Twitter on other devices or applications that require you to enter your Twitter password; you will not be able to log in using your usual username and password combination. For example, if you enabled login verification in your account settings on the web, and need to login to the Twitter for Mac app, you will need to use a temporary password to do so.
If we detect you will need a temporary password to log in, we will send one via SMS text message to your phone. Alternatively, you can generate your own temporary password.
How to generate a temporary password on twitter.com
- Click on the Account tab of your account settings on twitter.com.
- Click the Generate app password button.
- Enter your current account password and click Submit again.
- You can click on the temporary password and this will automatically copy it for you.
- When prompted to log in to your other device or application, enter your username and use the temporary password that you were provided.
Note: Temporary passwords will expire after one hour. You do not need a temporary password to log in to Twitter for iOS or Twitter for Android, or mobile.twitter.com.