{"id":6734,"date":"2022-03-08T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=6734"},"modified":"2022-07-03T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T12:45:38","password":"","slug":"how-to-set-two-factor-authentication-2fa-for-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-set-two-factor-authentication-2fa-for-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Securing your logins with a uniquely generated password is one thing, but setting up another layer of security is now crucial. As a business owner, you want to protect not only your own information, but your customers\u2019 as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an additional verification process that you can set whenever you login to cPanel. This way, you can keep your accounts safe from unauthorized access attempts such as brute force attacks. To know more about brute force attacks, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/what-is-a-brute-force-attack\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s start setting up the 2FA for your cPanel:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to cPanel.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_login.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_login.png 309w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_login-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_login-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the homepage, go to the <\/span><b>Security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> block, and click on <\/span><b>Two-Factor Authentication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_security-two-factor-authentication.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_security-two-factor-authentication.png 828w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_security-two-factor-authentication-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_security-two-factor-authentication-768x135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If 2FA is not yet setup for your account, you will see this prompt on the succeeding page:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-not-configured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-not-configured.png 433w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-not-configured-300x29.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this is the case, click on <\/span><b>Set Up Two-Factor Authentication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication.png 576w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must scan the QR code using your mobile phone. It will then redirect you to your password manager for the next step.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-scan-qr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-scan-qr.png 575w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-scan-qr-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on your cPanel QR link, and you will be given a unique code to type in on the box below. Once you have entered the code, click on <\/span><b>Configure Two-Factor Authentication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-enter-code-configure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-enter-code-configure.png 460w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_set-up-two-factor-authentication-enter-code-configure-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A successful prompt will show confirming that 2FA has been successfully set up.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-configured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-configured.png 476w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-configured-300x28.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will then be asked to generate another code to proceed back to cPanel.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-code-required.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-code-required.png 309w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_two-factor-authentication-code-required-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to remove the two-factor authentication, simply go back to steps 1 and 2, and proceed here:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will see that the prompt has changed to \u201cTwo-factor authentication is configured for your account.\u201d To disable this, click on <\/span><b>Remove\u2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication.png 541w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confirm that you will be disabling the two-factor authentication, and click on <\/span><b>Remove<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-confirm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-confirm.png 521w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-confirm-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be notified that the two-factor authentication has now been removed successfully.<br \/>\n<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-success.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-success.png 521w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/set-2FA-cpanel_remove-two-factor-authentication-success-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Securing your logins with a uniquely generated password is one thing, but setting up another layer of security is now crucial. As a business owner, you want to protect not only your own information, but your customers\u2019 as well.\u00a0 Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an additional verification process that you can set whenever you login to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[47],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6734","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-cpanel"],"year_month":"2026-08","word_count":288,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"cPanel","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/cpanel\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7408,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6734\/revisions\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=6734"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=6734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}