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# OTP manager for two-factor authentication

You can use the Hideez Key for two-factor authentication. For this, you need to complete the account data not only with login and password but also with the secret key for generating OTP.

### Set up two-factor authentication for your Gmail account

#### Step 1

Visit the <https://mail.google.com/> account login page. \
Place the cursor in the login field and press either the combination **CTRL + ALT + L** or **twice on the Hideez Key button**. If you do not have such an account, then you will be asked to create one.

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Click **Create New Account**.

#### Step **2**

In the Hideez Client account creation window, if necessary, change the automatically added account name, specify a username and password. Save the data.

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#### Step 3

Enable two-factor authentication according to [Google’s instructions](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en\&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid\&oco=0).&#x20;

#### Step 4

Add a secret key to generate OTP passwords in the account data.

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Enter the seen number-letter code in the Hideez Client in the OTP field and save it by clicking on the corresponding icon.\
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When the QR code is displayed at the Google Authenticator setup stage, click on the corresponding icon for scanning the QR code and then save it in the Hideez Client.

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Then click on the **Next** button. Place the cursor in the form and press either **CTRL + ALT + O** or **four times on the Hideez Key button**.

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Click **Verify**.

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### Sign in to your Gmail account with two-factor authentication

#### Step 1

Visit the <https://mail.google.com/> account login page. Place the cursor in the login field and press either **CTRL + ALT + L** or **twice on the Hideez Key button**. \
Your login will be entered.

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#### Step 2

In the next step, position the cursor in the password entry field and press either **CTRL + ALT + P** or **three times on the Hideez Key button**. \
Your password will be entered.

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#### Step 3

Indicate whether you want to always pass two-factor authentication on this computer or not - clear or leave the checkbox **Don’t ask again on this computer** and also select **Try another way** and **Get a verification code from the Google Authenticator App:**

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#### Step 4

Place the cursor in the code entry field and press either **CTRL + ALT + O** or **four times on the Hideez Key button**. \
Your OTP will be entered.

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Click the **Next** button. Now you are logged in.

You created an account with OTP and passed two-factor authentication at gmail.com.