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Import codes from other apps

If you previously used Google authenticator as your 2FA authenticator application, 4OTP can import all your codes very quickly.

What do you need?

Google Authenticator only lets you export codes it stores through the display of a series of QRCodes, which you can then scan into 4OTP.

The most convenient way to do this is to have 2 phones:

one where you have Google Authenticator
one with 4OTP

You then display the QRCodes on your “source” phone and scan into 4OTP with the new one.

How to import from Google Authenticator

Open Google Authenticator on your old phone and select Transfer codes from the menu:

Google Authenticator import menu

Select Export codes: Google shows one or more QRCodes, similar to :

Google Authenticator first export QRCode

Open 4OTP on another phone and select More, then open Backup / Import / Export:

Backup / Import / Export settings in 4OTP

Click on Import from Google Authenticator.

4OTP start of Google Authenticator import

Scan the QRCode displayed by Google Authenticator
Validate the import of the first codes:

Validation of 2FA codes import batch

Display the next QRCode on Google Authenticator and scan it with 4OTP in the exact same way, until there’s no more code to import