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title: Protect WhatsApp with two-step verification in iOS
description: How to enable WhatsApp two-step verification.
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# [Protect WhatsApp with two-step verification in iOS](https://www.thefinalstep.co.uk/bytesizebulletins/protect-whatsapp-with-two-step-verification)

 Written by [Luke Harrington](https://www.thefinalstep.co.uk/bytesizebulletins/author/luke-harrington) | May 4, 2021

You can set up two-factor authentication for your logins to make them more secure. In addition to your user name and password, your login then requires a unique number or further authorisation.

 

WhatsApp has a similar extra layer of protection they call two-step verification, where you set a 6-digit PIN to safeguard your messaging account. WhatsApp asks you periodically to input your PIN during everyday use and whenever you re-install the app.

 

Setting this PIN stops hackers from taking over your account and locking you out of it. Unfortunately, they have been tricking people into providing the 6-digit installation code (different from the PIN) and then setting the two-step PIN themselves to lock you out. If that happens, you have a seven-day wait, working with WhatsApp support to regain control.

 

Watch our video to see how to set verification. Also, here is [Forbes description of the scam](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/08/04/is-your-whatsapp-still-exposed-to-this-dangerous-hack/?sh=299650e3fd5d).

 

Here's another security tip for WhatsApp on how to [stop automatic downloading of shared media files](https://www.thefinalstep.co.uk/bytesizebulletins/stop-whatsapp-auto-downloading-images).

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