Nov 23 2022 12:43 PM
We've been using Microsoft Authenticator at work for about a year. It's been working fine, but it does have a flaw.
Today I discovered that there's an option in Authenticator to backup Authenticator to the cloud. If I turn it on, which seems like it would be a good idea, then it will backup to OneDrive. My question concerns that backup, what happens if I uninstall MS Authenticator from my phone, then put it back on again. I'll give you details.
For some reason which I've never understood, sometimes entries in MS Authenticator get disabled. There is nothing I can do about it. Especially, I cannot delete it. I cannot re-enable it. It sits there, useless to me, just taking up space. I've spoken with Microsoft about this before. The only solution they have given me is to uninstall MS Authenticator from my Samsung phone, then re-install it. Basically, start all over again. It's a pain, but it's the only solution that gets rid of those useless entries. And over time, I'll accumulate so many of these useless entries in Authenticator that it necessitates the whole uninstall/reinstall rigamarole. So, if I enable this backup to the cloud feature, won't that just work against my need to get rid of those useless entries? If so, then backup to the cloud defeats the only workaround I have of cleaning up useless entries in MS Authenticator.
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