FROM now on, only paying members of the Twitter Blue service can continue to enjoy SMS two-factor authentication on the platform, an essential feature for keeping your account secure. Fortunately, there's another solution out there and one that's still free of charge to help keep your account safe from hackers.


As of March 20, 2023, only Twitter Blue subscribers can use two-factor authentication via SMS to log in to their favorite social network. This type of authentication is a must to help prevent your account getting hacked.

Fortunately, Twitter users still have the option of using a mobile authentication application to receive a verification code to enter each time they log in.

This is the easiest alternative, even if it requires installing a separate application, like Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator.

Then, go to the settings of your Twitter account, head to the security section and then to two-factor authentication.

To be able to sign in via an authentication application, you'll first be asked to link this service to your Twitter account, simply by scanning a QR code.

Once this first code is validated, you will then have to open your authentication application each time you log in to Twitter to get your six-digit validation code.

Note that this code is automatically renewed every 30 seconds, for security reasons.

In addition to Twitter, this two-factor authentication method also works with most online networks and services.