WhatsApp Two-step verification: How to enable it

Two-step verification is a feature that adds more security to your account. Here is a step by step guide which you can follow to enable WhatsApp's two-step verification in mobile phone.

How to enable whatsapp two step verification.

WhatsApp two-step verification is a feature which adds more security to your whatsapp account. Once you enable the two-step verification, any attempt to verify your phone number on WhatsApp must be accompanied by the six-digit PIN that you created using this feature. Two-step verification is recommended on most of the social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp.


You can find Two-Step Verification in your Whatsapp account settings. Here is a complete step by step guide which you can follow to enable two-step verification on Your Whatsapp.


How to enable two-step

verification on Whatsapp

Follow the below give steps to enable    
two-step verification.

Step 1: Open Whatsapp on your device .

Step 2:  On the  home page click on Menu
(Three dots).

Step 3: From  the drop down option tap on Settings.

Step 4: On the new page Select Account.

Step 5: Next tap on Two-step verification.

Step 6: On the Two-step verification page tap Enable.

Step 7: On the next page , enter a Six digit passcode.

Step 8: To confirm it, Re-enter Six digit passcode on the next page.

Step 9: Optionally, you can add the email address on the next screen and confirm it.

Step 10: At last tap on Done.


Your two-step verification has been enabled. Adding an email address on two-step verification will allow WhatsApp to send you a link via email to disable two-step verification in case you ever forget your Six-digit PIN, and also to help safeguard your account.

To help you remember your PIN, WhatsApp will periodically ask you to enter your PIN.There is no option to disable this without disabling the two-step verification feature.

Important: If you receive an email to disable two-step verification, but didn't request this, don't click on the link. Someone could be attempting to verify your phone number on WhatsApp.

If you forget your own PIN, but didn't provide an email to disable two-step verification, even you will not be permitted to reverify on WhatsApp within 7 days of last using WhatsApp. After these 7 days, your number will be permitted to reverify on WhatsApp without your PIN, but you'll lose all pending messages upon reverifying - they will be deleted. If your number is reverified on WhatsApp after 30 days of last using WhatsApp, and without your PIN, your account will be deleted and a new one will be created upon successfully reverifying.

(Source: Whatsapp website)