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Disabling two-factor authentication for your personal account

If you disable two-factor authentication for your personal account, you may lose access to organizations you belong to.

Warning

If you're a member to a repository of an organization that requires two-factor authentication and you disable 2FA, you'll lose your access to their repositories. To regain access to the organization, re-enable 2FA.

We strongly recommend using two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure your account. If you need to disable 2FA, we recommend re-enabling it as soon as possible.

If your organization requires two-factor authentication and you're an outside collaborator on a repository of your organization, you must first leave the organization before you can disable 2FA. To remove yourself from your organization, visit your Organizations settings page and select "Leave", or ask an organization owner or repository administrator to remove you from the organization's repositories. For more information, see Viewing people's roles in an organization and Removing an outside collaborator from an organization repository.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

  2. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Password and authentication.

  3. Click , then select Disable two-factor authentication.

    Screenshot of an account's 2FA settings. The ellipsis button (three dots) is highlighted with a dark orange outline.

  4. If necessary, enter your password or perform 2FA once more to disable 2FA for your GitHub account.

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