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How To Enable 2FA on cPanel Webmail

Traveling or need extra security on your webmail? This can be easily activated by logging into your cPanel > Email Accounts > Manage or simply via yourdomain/webmail

If you have never logged into your webmail before you will be on the main account screen. It will look very similar to this:



If you login to webmail and you have set it to go directly to the inbox, click here to get to the screen above:



On the main screen, scroll down to Two-Factor Authentication



Click to setup 2FA on your mailbox:



2FA requires a smartphone with a supported time-based one-time password (TOTP) app. We suggest the following apps for Android™ and iOS®. Both are free in the respective app store.

Google Authenticator

Duo Mobile

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For this tutorial, we are using the Google Authenticator.

You will now see a QR code which you will need to scan into your authenticator.



Open the app and press the + at the bottom right.



Scan the unique QR code you see in webmail.

Take that number that is now displayed in your authenticator and enter it in here:



After you successfully authenticate it you will see this...



Now go test it out!

Visit: yourdomain.com/webmail

Login with your email address and password as you normally would.

After you login, you will now see a prompt for the 2FA.

Open your app and look at the generated number and punch it in. That 2FA code is automatically changed and random.

Updated on: 11/10/2024

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