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elijahcarrel
New Contributor
3 years ago

Cannot set up MFA on website that 1password doesn't know supports MFA

I am registering for an account on globalwellnesschallenge.com, which admittedly is a rather obscure website. However, even though globalwellnesschallenge.com supports MFA authentication using a QR c...
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ajh0912
Dedicated Contributor
3 years ago

The 'Two-factor authentication' banner at the top of some items is just to help you set up 2FA quicker, you can always Edit an item, scroll to 'add more' and choose 'One-Time Password' - which adds a TOTP 2FA field to the item. From that you can use the QR code scan button, then save the item.

If 1Password recognises that the website supports 2FA: and you don't have a 'One-Time Password' field already present on the item, and you don't have it tagged with a '2FA' tag, and haven't ignored the watchtower reccomendation, then it shows that 'Two-factor authentication' watchtower banner at the top.