Two-factor authentication
Enable two-factor authentication to make your account more secure. When you log in, you’ll enter your password and a verification code. If someone else ever gets your password, they can’t log in without access to your phone or your backup code.
Turn on two-factor authentication
Make sure you have a trusted phone that can receive text messages and a safe place to save your backup code. You can link a phone number to one account. If you want to enable two-factor authentication on more than one account, you’ll need more than one phone number with texting enabled.
- Log in to Pinterest on a trusted web browser
- Click the three-dot button at the top of Pinterest to open your menu
- Click Settings to open your settings
- Scroll down to Security and click Require code at login
- Confirm your password and click Next
- Add your phone number details and click Next
- Check your text messages. You will receive a code by SMS
- Enter your code and click Verify
- Write down your backup code and keep it somewhere safe
Note: If you enable two-factor authentication, your backup code is the only way you can log in to Pinterest without access to your phone.
Turn off two-factor authentication
- Log in to Pinterest on a trusted web browser
- Click the three-dot button at the top of Pinterest to open your menu
- Click Settings to open your settings
- Scroll down to Security and click Require code at login
- Confirm your password and click Turn off
