{"id":1798,"date":"2025-11-10T00:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2025-11-10T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:30:14","slug":"migrating-microsoft-authenticator-codes-to-a-new-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"Migrating Microsoft Authenticator codes to a new phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NOTE: This is untested by Andrae as of 4\/7\/25, these are just notes from ChatGPT to try first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, got it \u2014 if you’re moving Microsoft Authenticator to a new phone<\/strong> (and still using Microsoft Authenticator on the new device), the process is easier than switching to a different app. Here\u2019s how you can do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd04 Option 1: Use Microsoft Account Cloud Backup & Recovery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This works only if you\u2019re signed in with a Microsoft account and have cloud backup enabled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 On Your Old Phone:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Open\u00a0Microsoft Authenticator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Tap the\u00a0three dots<\/strong>\u00a0(\u22ee) >\u00a0Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Make sure\u00a0Cloud backup<\/strong>\u00a0is enabled (Android: “Cloud backup”, iOS: “iCloud backup”).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83d\udcf1 On Your New Phone:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Install\u00a0Microsoft Authenticator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Open the app and\u00a0sign in with the same Microsoft account<\/strong>\u00a0you used on your old phone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The app will offer to\u00a0restore from backup<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 follow the prompts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Boom!<\/strong> All your accounts backed up will restore \u2014 but note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Only Microsoft 2FA entries and accounts that support backup will restore.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Some\u00a0third-party accounts (like Google, Facebook, etc.) won\u2019t transfer<\/strong>\u00a0unless you re-set them manually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \n\n\n\n

        \ud83d\udd04 Option 2: Manual Transfer (if no backup)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        If you didn\u2019t enable backup<\/strong>, you\u2019ll need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Log in to each account<\/strong>\u00a0(Google, Facebook, GitHub, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Go to the\u00a02FA\/security settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Remove Microsoft Authenticator, then\u00a0re-add it by scanning a QR code<\/strong>\u00a0from your new phone’s app.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          \ud83d\udd10 Don\u2019t Forget:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • Keep your\u00a0old phone<\/strong>\u00a0until everything is moved over.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Make sure you have\u00a0backup codes<\/strong>\u00a0for all accounts just in case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • After confirming the new phone works,\u00a0delete the accounts from the old phone<\/strong>\u00a0for security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            NOTE: This is untested by Andrae as of 4\/7\/25, these are just notes from ChatGPT to try first. Ah, got it \u2014 if you’re moving Microsoft Authenticator to a new phone (and still using Microsoft Authenticator on the new device), the process is easier than switching to a different app. Here\u2019s how you can do it: \ud83d\udd04 Option […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,117,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-knowledge-base-articles","category-ms365","category-security","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}