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How to enforce Two-factor authentication on teams

Short.io provides you with the option to enforce Two-factor authentication (2FA) on teams. This is a crucial step in enhancing security, building trust, and protecting against various cyber threats for both individual users and for the whole team.

When you enforce 2FA on a team you have created that currently has no other members, then you cannot add other users who have not turned on 2FA in their profiles settings.

And if 2FA is enforced on a team that already has a few members, those who have not yet set up 2FA in their profile will be removed from the team. Their status will become Invite pending and they will receive an email from Short.io including a link for 2FA activation.

To enforce 2FA on a team​

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. Navigate to the Settings -> Teams menu and select a team:

    Settings Teams menu with a team selected

  3. Click on Enforce 2FA:

    Team management page with Enforce 2FA button highlighted

  4. When the following message appears: _All users without second factor will be removed from <_**_team-name**\> team!_, click on Confirm:

    Confirmation dialog warning about removing users without 2FA

The team has now Two-factor authentication enforced.

To disable 2FA for a team​

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. Navigate to the Settings -> Teams menu and select a team:

    Settings Teams menu with a team selected

  3. Click on Disable 2FA:

    Team management page with Disable 2FA button highlighted

  4. When the following message appears: Do you want to cancel 2FA enforcement?, click on Confirm_._

    Confirmation dialog to cancel 2FA enforcement

The team no longer has Two-factor authentication enforced.