Disables two-factor authentication (2FA) for your user. Once successful, login attempts from untrusted computers only require a password. Keep 2FA enabled to protect your account.

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You can't disable 2FA on your own profile when 2FA is enforced for the account unless your username is included in List TFA optional users.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need the following:

• Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions assigned. Learn more.

  • Permissions: disable_profile_tfa

• OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

  • Scopes: account:read_write

CLI

linode-cli profile tfa-disable

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