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#322924 6-Oct-2025 21:13
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according to google I backup my Android authenticator to my microsoft account - check, done that

 

then i log in to my microsoft account on my iPhone authenticator app - but there is no way to do that?

 

any ideas how i move all my authenticator things from Android to iPhone?

 

thanks

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  #3422406 6-Oct-2025 23:20
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Were you using Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator?

 

 

 

 




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  #3422506 7-Oct-2025 06:34
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From Google it seems there is no way to transfer between Android to iOS. You have to manually recreate it in the iOS app.

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  #3422508 7-Oct-2025 07:00
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Asteros:

 

From Google it seems there is no way to transfer between Android to iOS. You have to manually recreate it in the iOS app.

 

 

I use both and found it the other way round. Google Authenticator has an export/import menu item - it’s easy and on my iPhone. I see no way to do this with Microsoft Authenticator. 



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  #3422511 7-Oct-2025 07:16
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Microsoft Authenticator allows you to backup to a Microsoft account. When installing the app you have to do a restore before logging in with it.




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  #3422512 7-Oct-2025 07:17
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Yep - thought it might have been fixed in the last 3/4 years… since lost my MS Authenticator stuff on a phone reset.

 

I now use OTCs in 1Password.

 

 

 

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  #3422513 7-Oct-2025 07:21
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I just checked and you are correct. You can only restore from the same platform.

 

I use Authy for OTP and have Microsoft Authenticator only for Office and Microsoft accounts, which also have Yubikeys attached to.




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  #3422519 7-Oct-2025 07:50
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Yes sorry I meant that in Microsoft Authenticator you can't move from one platform to another.

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  #3422552 7-Oct-2025 09:35
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freitasm: Microsoft Authenticator allows you to backup to a personal Microsoft account. When installing the app you have to do a restore before logging in with it.

 

 

Emphasis mine. Note that M$ does not allow you to use a corporate / business MS account.




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  #3422555 7-Oct-2025 09:45
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thanks so i have discovered that to transfer the Google Authenticator stuff it's just a QR code a way.

 

for the Microsoft Authenticator there is no way to transfer between platforms.

 

so I guess I will be keeping the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for a while until I can be bothered sorting out EVERY authenticator ....

 

So far I've done one ....

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