Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Authenticator

Microsoft Corporation · 4.7 ★ · FREE

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Description

Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication, passwordless, or password autofill. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.

Getting started with multi-factor authentication

Multi factor authentication (MFA)provides a second layer of security. When enabled, during login after entering your password, you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The OTP codes have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The OTP doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.

Getting started with passwordless

Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone. Your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN will provide a second layer of security in this two-step verification process. After you’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.

Getting started with autofill

Microsoft Authenticator app can also autofill passwords for you. Sign-in on the Passwords tab inside the Authenticator app with your personal Microsoft account to start syncing passwords, including the passwords saved in Microsoft Edge. Make Microsoft Authenticator the default autofill provider and start autofilling passwords on apps and sites you visit on your mobile. Your passwords are protected with multi-factor authentication in the app. You will need to prove yourself with your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN to access and autofill passwords on your mobile. You can also import passwords from Google Chrome and other password managers.

Microsoft personal, work or school accounts

Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain organization resources. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each.

Developer

What's New

Version 6.8.46 · 4 May 2026

We're always working on new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Make sure you stay updated with the latest version for the best authentication experience.

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.7

85,968 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.6

2,636,302 ratings

100,000,000+ downloads

5★
74%
4★
18%
3★
4%
2★
1%
1★
3%

Recent Reviews

Anthony March

Google Play

it works well

7 May 2026

Elmer Baltazar

Google Play

good

7 May 2026

Jennifer Maggart

Google Play

easy

7 May 2026

GroundDwellerStudioS

Google Play

It's Microsoft, need I say more?

7 May 2026

Ali Chumroo

Google Play

good

7 May 2026

Earl McCone

App Store

thank you for the piece of mind

thank you relentless authenticator requirements just to receive a teams message on my phone. now i don’t even think about looking at teams or outlook after work, or outside of office. microsoft and the corporations forget that they are the people who need to be on their knees begging for people to do some extra work for free, not the other way around

7 May 2026

1969wal

App Store

Codes

codes don’t work

5 May 2026

@_ezakimak_

App Store

Hopeless on new phone

Absolutely hopeless app when it comes to migrating data and accounts from an old phone to a new one. Would give a score of zero but it’s not available.

3 May 2026

Lucasmill

App Store

Difficult to sign into account with new device

There needs to be a clearer pathway to sign into the Authenticator app on a new device. I just changed phones and found myself stuck in a loop trying to access the app. The option to have a code texted to my phone was too difficult to find.

3 May 2026

Bill_C07

App Store

After upgrading forces sign in

After an iPhone update, Authenticator forces you to sign in, but it goes into a loop because you don’t have access to Authenticator. What a total waste of time. I had to use Copilot to get me out of the loop.

2 May 2026

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