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Adding your account and saving a backup

The setup key, your code, and the encrypted backup.

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And saving the backup that keeps you from being locked out. You will add your HTT account to HTT Auth, and save a backup of your codes.

Step by step

1Unlock

Open HTT Auth and unlock it with your PIN.

HTT Auth: unlock — the screen at this step
Step 1: Unlock

2Add account

Press Add account.

3Where the key comes from

You do not make the key up. HTT gives it to you when you switch on two-factor sign-in. Open your account security page, choose Set up authenticator, and a QR code appears with a setup key printed underneath it.

HTT Auth: where the key comes from — the screen at this step
Step 3: Where the key comes from

4Name it

In Which account, type a name you will recognise — your handle is the obvious choice.

HTT Auth: name it — the screen at this step
Step 4: Name it

5Paste the key

Then copy the setup key from your security page and paste it here. Spaces and capital letters do not matter. Press Add account.

6Why a backup

Your codes are made on this device, from secrets kept only in this browser. Lose the phone or clear the browser, and they are gone. So the app asks you to save a backup straight away.

HTT Auth: why a backup — the screen at this step
Step 6: Why a backup

7Backup passphrase

Invent a backup passphrase — a password for this one file. It is not your HTT password, and not your PIN. Type it twice.

HTT Auth: backup passphrase — the screen at this step
Step 7: Backup passphrase

8Download

Press Download backup, and keep the file somewhere you will still have when this device is gone — a memory stick, or another computer.

9Next

The last step is your recovery codes, which needs you signed in to your HTT account. The next video covers it — or press Lock the app and finish this later.

HTT Auth: next — the screen at this step
Step 9: Next

Questions people ask

Who is the “Adding your account and saving a backup” training for?

Everyone. It is one step of the HTT Auth course, which is laid out in the order we recommend learning it.

Do I need an HTT account for this?

No. Everything in this training works without signing in.

Can I do this on a phone?

Yes. The steps are the same on a phone, and the video shows every step on a computer and then again on a phone.

How long does this training take?

The video is about 5 minutes long. Reading the article takes less.

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