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ROD91
Jun 20, 2026Copper Contributor
Lost Backup with Authenticator App
I recently changed phones and followed Microsoft’s documented process for transferring my Authenticator accounts. Before changing devices, I enabled cloud backup and confirmed that authenticator sho...
PASCO
Jun 23, 2026Occasional Reader
Hello,
I’ve run into the same problem.
I lost the phone where I had set up 2FA using Microsoft Authenticator linked to this email address.
I had enabled cloud backup and tried to restore it to a new phone by carefully following the recovery options.
However, some very valuable and critical 2FA entries are still missing and were not restored.