Facebook is the world’s most favourite social media platform and it has a huge user base as well. Now we started to use many other social media applications and instant messaging applications but Facebook is the primary social media platform for many. The platform helps us to showcase our best moments with our near and dear ones by sharing photos and videos and it also helps users to get connected via chats as well as video and audio calling facility.
The social media platform also needs to be protected as hackers try to attack the accounts of everyone. So it’s good to have two factor authentication which will help us to defend the attack of hackers. If you are someone who wants to add an extra layer of protection to your Facebook account then this article is meant for you as today I will guide you on the way to enable two factor authentication on Facebook. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out the step-by-step guide to enabling two factor authentication on Facebook.
How to enable two factor authentication on Facebook
The procedure is pretty straightforward and you can enable the two factor authentication on Facebook with a couple of clicks. Follow the steps which are listed below to enable the two factor authentication on Facebook account.
- First of all, you need to open Facebook on your favourite Browser and if you are trying to open the platform via mobile then you need to open Facebook via Browser as well instead of the dedicated application.
- Now you need to log into your Facebook account where you need to enable two factor authentication.
- After that, click on the drop-down arrow beside the notification icon at the top right corner of the screen.
- Now select Settings & Privacy.Settings & privacy and click on the Settings.
- Now switch to the Security and Login tab on the left and select the Edit button on the Use two-factor authentication section.
- Now you need to select Text Message (SMS) and if you didn’t provided the number then you need to add a phone number as well. If you are going to add a phone number then you need to select the country code and enter the phone number to get the text messages.
- After that, Facebook will send a 6-digit code to your phone number and you need to enter the same to enable two factor authentication on your Facebook.
That’s it! This is how you can enable two factor authentication on Facebook. If you find this guide helpful then don’t forget to share this tutorial with your near and dear ones.
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