Securing your account with two-factor authentication (2FA)
You can set up your account on GitHub to require an authentication code in addition to your password when you sign in.
Note
As of March 2023, GitHub required all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA). If you were in an eligible group, you would have received a notification email when that group was selected for enrollment, marking the beginning of a 45-day 2FA enrollment period, and you would have seen banners asking you to enroll in 2FA on GitHub.com. If you didn't receive a notification, then you were not part of a group required to enable 2FA, though we strongly recommend it.
For more information about the 2FA enrollment rollout, see this blog post.
- About two-factor authentication
- About mandatory two-factor authentication
- Configuring two-factor authentication
- Configuring two-factor authentication recovery methods
- Accessing GitHub using two-factor authentication
- Countries where SMS authentication is supported
- Changing your two-factor authentication method
- Troubleshooting two-factor authentication issues
- Recovering your account if you lose your 2FA credentials
- Disabling two-factor authentication for your personal account