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Microsoft Authenticator not auto-backing up 2FA accounts I add on Adroid.
How often does the Android Microsoft Authenticator App refresh the backups? I added accounts about 3 hours ago but the backup date is much older. Does the app auto-backup? I have to turn back-up...
Ok that is good to know, I will keep waiting to test out how often it auto back ups! UPDATE: still not backing up after 3 days. I even added an account to see if it would trigger a backup.
I remember once I wanted to force it to backup just to try it out so i deleted the backup with the option in there and then i had the ability to backup from scratch, i guess that's an alternative to signing out/in 🙂
- Hello that is what I have been doing, I delete back up and re-backup. It has been now 3 days for me since I added a 2FA account and still no automatic back up.
Could you try adding a fake account today and then noting if you ever get an automatic back up? you can just put random numbers as the seed- Hi,
Same problem.
Microsoft Authenticator does not auto-backup new 2FA accounts.
Android app, newest version.
How to force to auto-backup?When you go to Microsoft Authenticator settings and you see the Cloud Backup toggle is turned on, that means cloud backup is working, but it has its own schedule to back up the TOTPs (Time based one-time passwords) so you can either wait until the next schedule of automatic backup is triggered or you can toggle the button to turn off cloud backup and then after few seconds turn it back on, that forces it to back up everything again. You shouldn't normally need to do it though.
