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Export TOTP tokens from Authy

Exporting your 2FA tokens from Authy to transfer them into another 2FA application

IMPORTANT - Update regarding deprecation of Authy desktop apps

Past August 2024, Authy stopped supported the desktop version of their apps:
See Authy is shutting down its desktop app | The 2FA app Authy will only be available on Android and iOS starting in August for details.

And indeed, after a while, Authy changed something in their backend which now prevents the old desktop app from logging in. If you are already logged in, then you are in luck, and you can follow the instructions below to export your tokens.

If you are not logged in anymore, but can find a backup of the necessary files, then restore those files, and re-install Authy 2.2.3 following the instructions below, and it should work as expected.

If you can't go back to a "logged in" state in the desktop app (because you either never used the desktop app, or you did but don't have a backup of the necessary files), then your only options now to export your tokens are 1) to use an Android phone, root it, and use that to access the Authy data, or 2) use an iOS device and mitmproxy to capture communications between the app and Authy's server, and decrypt that. Look in the comments below to find instructions on how to do that:

  • For iOS and the mitm approach, see here

The options below are for rooted Android phones:


The instructions below explain how to use the Authy desktop app to export your 2FA tokens. If that doesn't work, look for links in the section above, to find other options you can try.

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This gist, based in part on a gist by Brian Hartvigsen, allows you to export from Authy your TOTP tokens you have stored there.
Those can be "standard" 6-digits / 30 secs tokens, or Authy's own version, the 7-digits / 10 secs tokens.

Since the Authy "desktop" app is a Chromium-based web-app, we'll use the Developer Tools provided by Chromium to execute Javascript code that will export the tokens in JSON or as QR codes. You can then import or manually add those in you preferred application.

Important: If you have any accounts that use the Authy TOTP SDK (eg. Gemini, Twitch, Sendgrid, Twilio, ...), you can NOT delete your Authy account, even after migrating your TOTP tokens to another software! If you do, you could be locking yourself out of all the accounts that require Authy specifically! Your only option here would be to go in those accounts, disable Authy 2FA, and enable another 2FA method. More details here.

Detailed How-To

  1. Install Authy desktop app, version 2.2.3 (the more recent versions won't work).

    Note: If you are prompted to update, do NOT do it; the latest version doesn't support --remote-debugging-port needed in point (2) below.

    (Click your OS below to get personalized instructions.)

    macOS

    Download and install this file: https://pkg.authy.com/authy/stable/2.2.3/darwin/x64/Authy%20Desktop-2.2.3.dmg
    MD5 hash: ab7e4ae5b88cb71f84394df6989950aa

    You can use the following command in Terminal, before launching Authy Desktop, to disable auto-updates:

    mkdir -p ~/Library/Caches/com.authy.authy-mac.ShipIt ; rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.authy.authy-mac.ShipIt/* ; chmod 500 ~/Library/Caches/com.authy.authy-mac.ShipIt
    Windows

    You can use the winget (CLI) tool:

    winget install --no-upgrade --force -e --id Twilio.Authy -v 2.2.3
    

    Or download and install one of those:
    64-bit: https://pkg.authy.com/authy/stable/2.2.3/win32/x64/Authy%20Desktop%20Setup%202.2.3.exe
    MD5 hash: efd176d89b280809b9f84fda9ba50840
    32-bit: https://pkg.authy.com/authy/stable/2.2.3/win32/x32/Authy%20Desktop%20Setup%202.2.3.exe
    MD5 hash: d66d63abb482523ad27dfe676e249fff

    Authy will start after installation. Close it ASAP.

    To prevent auto-update, go to the %LOCALAPPDATA%\authy folder, and delete Update.exe. Delete the app-2.5.0 folder, if it exists. (The version number will probably be a higher number.) In the app-2.2.3 subfolder, delete Update.exe.
    Of note: If you later want to uninstall Authy, you'll need to restore those files, as Update.exe is the executable used by the uninstallation process.

    Or, after the app updated, you can change your shortcut to execute "%LOCALAPPDATA%\authy\app-2.2.3\Authy Desktop.exe" --remote-debugging-port=5858 and change the Start in to %LOCALAPPDATA%\authy\app-2.2.3
    Even after an update is installed, 2.2.3 is still installed.

    Linux (using snap) (recommended)
    cd /tmp
    # curl -Lo authy.snap https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap
    curl -Lo authy.snap https://filebrowser.patati.ca/api/public/dl/Tk1sjeEi/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap # Copy of above file that is now gone
    if ! echo a488d3f3c06672a78f53da144f4325d8 authy.snap | md5sum -c --status ; then
        echo "Error: invalid MD5 hash"
    else
        unsquashfs -q -f -d authy-2.2.3 authy.snap
        cd authy-2.2.3/
    fi
    Linux (using flatpak) (alternative method if snap above doesn't work) (NOT WORKING ANYMORE)

    It seems flathub is using the api.snapcraft.io repo behind the scene, so trying to install using the below commands will fail, now that the Authy app was removed from api.snapcraft.io. Try to install directly the snap (using the above method), instead of using flatpak.

    flatpak install flathub com.authy.Authy
    # Update to the 2.2.3 commit (found this commit using: flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.authy.Authy)
    sudo flatpak update --commit=83c0df0dd48bbb6ad851f5cc62d6e0836e56e499c7a79041241809f8296e65cc com.authy.Authy
    # Optionally, if you want to export a JSON file, give access to Authy to your Home folders:
    sudo flatpak override --filesystem=home com.authy.Authy
  2. Start Authy desktop app, but add the --remote-debugging-port=5858 parameter to the command-line:

    macOS

    From Terminal.app: open -a "Authy Desktop" --args --remote-debugging-port=5858

    Windows

    Right-click the Authy desktop shortcut, and in the Target field write --remote-debugging-port=5858 at the end. Then click OK. Double-click the Authy desktop shortcut.

    Linux

    From a terminal: ./authy --remote-debugging-port=5858 (if you used snap)
    or flatpak run com.authy.Authy --remote-debugging-port=5858 (if you used flatpak)

  3. In Authy, Log in so you can see the codes being generated for you.

  4. If you have some codes that show a padlock next to them, you will need to enter your Backup Password before continuing below, or those codes won't be exported correctly (decryptedSeed will be empty).

  5. Open the following URL in Google Chrome (or any Chromium-based browser): http://localhost:5858

  6. Click the Twilio Authy link in that webpage.

  7. In Chrome Developer Tools top navigation bar, go in the Sources tab (if you don't see it, click >> to expand the full list), then select the Snippets sub-tab (tabs on the second line; again, click >> to expand the full list), and finally choose + New snippet.

    Careful here: do NOT open the Chrome Developer Tools like you normally do. When you go to http://localhost:5858, and click the Twilio Authy link in that webpage, it will show you Developer Tools for the Authy app. This is where you need to work. Here's a video that shows you exactly where you need to be, when you paste code: https://youtu.be/nArCf8iEqlw

  8. If you'd like to ensure the code below doesn't send anything to a remote server, you can disconnect from the internet now.

  9. In the snippet editor window that appears on the right, paste one of the following code options:

    Simplest

    This is the simplest form there is, and it will simply show you an object for each code you have in Authy. You can use that if you're scared to run complicated code you don't understand (i.e. the other options below).

    appManager.getModel().forEach(i => console.log(i))
    Simple

    This is still quite simple, but makes it easier to copy-paste everything out of the console in one operation.

    appManager.getModel().forEach(i => {
       console.log("{");
       console.log("    createdDate: " + i.createdDate);
       console.log("    accountType: " + i.accountType);
       console.log("    name: " + i.name);
       console.log("    originalName: " + i.originalName);
       console.log("    decryptedSeed: " + i.decryptedSeed);
       console.log("}");
    })
    QR codes

    This version will output QR codes that you can scan using another app, from your mobile device.
    If you uncomment the last line, you will also get a .json file that contains your tokens (name, secret & URL).

    All your Authy tokens will be displayed in the Console at the bottom; either copy-paste the TOTP URI, or scan the QR codes.

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    // Based on https://github.com/LinusU/base32-encode/blob/master/index.js
    function hex_to_b32(hex) { let alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567"; let bytes = []; for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) { bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16)); } let bits = 0; let value = 0; let output = ''; for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) { value = (value << 8) | bytes[i]; bits += 8; while (bits >= 5) { output += alphabet[(value >>> (bits - 5)) & 31]; bits -= 5; } } if (bits > 0) { output += alphabet[(value << (5 - bits)) & 31]; } return output; }
    
    // Based on https://github.com/adriancooney/console.image
    function console_image(url, size) { console.log("%c+", "font-size: 1px; padding: " + Math.floor(size / 2) + "px " + Math.floor(size / 2) + "px; line-height: " + size + "px; background: url(" + url + "); color: transparent;"); }
    
    (function(console) { console.save = function(data, filename) { if (!data) { console.error('Console.save: No data'); return; } if (typeof data === "object") { data = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 4) } var blob = new Blob([data], {type: 'text/json'}), e = document.createEvent('MouseEvents'), a = document.createElement('a'); a.download = filename; a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); a.dataset.downloadurl =  ['text/json', a.download, a.href].join(':'); e.initMouseEvent('click', true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null); a.dispatchEvent(e); } })(console);
    
    console.clear();
    console.warn("Here's your Authy tokens:");
    var data = appManager.getModel().map(function(i) {
        var secretSeed = i.secretSeed;
        if (typeof secretSeed == 'undefined') {
            secretSeed = i.encryptedSeed;
        }
        var secret = (i.markedForDeletion === false ? i.decryptedSeed : hex_to_b32(secretSeed));
        var period = (i.digits === 7 ? 10 : 30);
        var totp_uri = `otpauth://totp/${encodeURIComponent(i.name)}?secret=${secret}&digits=${i.digits}&period=${period}`;
        var qr_size = 250;
        var qr_url = (new QRious({value: totp_uri, size: qr_size})).toDataURL();
        console.group(`${i.originalName} / ${i.name}`);
            console.log('TOTP secret:', secret);
            console.log('TOTP URI:', totp_uri);
            console_image(qr_url, qr_size);
        console.groupEnd();
        return {name: i.name, secret: secret, uri: totp_uri};
    });
    //console.save(data, 'authy_backup.json');
    Export to Bitwarden JSON - Simpler version

    From @oetiker (ref):

    [...] you will get a dump in json format which you can directly copy/paste into the bitwarden import tool. Since Authy does not contain complete login information, I would suggest to create a new folder for the import, so that you can then merge the TOTP tokens into the actual login entries.

    let x = []; 
    appManager.getModel().forEach(i => {
      if (i.decryptedSeed) {
        x.push({
          type: 1, 
          name: i.originalName ?? i.name ?? `[No Name] - Imported from Authy (${x.length})`,
          login: {username: i.name, totp: i.decryptedSeed}
        })
      }});
      console.log(JSON.stringify({ encrypted: false, items: x})
    );
    Export to Bitwarden JSON - Advanced

    This code can be used to save your tokens as a JSON file, for example to import into Bitwarden.
    It will create an Imported from Authy folder, and import your TOTP codes in there.

    // Based on https://github.com/LinusU/base32-encode/blob/master/index.js
    function hex_to_b32(hex) { let alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567"; let bytes = []; for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) { bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16)); } let bits = 0; let value = 0; let output = ''; for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) { value = (value << 8) | bytes[i]; bits += 8; while (bits >= 5) { output += alphabet[(value >>> (bits - 5)) & 31]; bits -= 5; } } if (bits > 0) { output += alphabet[(value << (5 - bits)) & 31]; } return output; }
    
    // from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid#answer-2117523
    function uuidv4() { return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) { var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8); return v.toString(16); }); }
    
    // from https://gist.github.com/gboudreau/94bb0c11a6209c82418d01a59d958c93
    function saveToFile(data, filename) { if (!data) { console.error('Console.save: No data'); return; } if (typeof data === "object") { data = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 4) } const blob = new Blob([data], { type: 'text/json' }); const e = document.createEvent('MouseEvents'); const a = document.createElement('a'); a.download = filename; a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); a.dataset.downloadurl = ['text/json', a.download, a.href].join(':'); e.initMouseEvent('click', true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null); a.dispatchEvent(e); }
    
    function deEncrypt({ log = false, save = false }) {
        const folder = {
            id: uuidv4(),
            name: 'Imported from Authy'
        };
    
        const bw = {
            "encrypted": false,
            "folders": [
                folder
            ],
            "items": appManager.getModel().map((i) => {
                let secretSeed = i.secretSeed;
                if (typeof secretSeed == "undefined") {
                    secretSeed = i.encryptedSeed;
                }
                const secret = (i.markedForDeletion === false ? i.decryptedSeed : hex_to_b32(secretSeed));
                const period = (i.digits === 7 ? 10 : 30);
    
                const [issuer, rawName] = (i.name.includes(":"))
                    ? i.name.split(":")
                    : ["", i.name];
                const name = [issuer, rawName].filter(Boolean).join(": ");
                const totp = `otpauth://totp/${name}?secret=${secret}&digits=${i.digits}&period=${period}${issuer ? '&issuer=' + issuer : ''}`;
    
                return ({
                    id: uuidv4(),
                    organizationId: null,
                    folderId: folder.id,
                    type: 1,
                    reprompt: 0,
                    name,
                    notes: null,
                    favorite: false,
                    login: {
                        username: null,
                        password: null,
                        totp
                    },
                    collectionIds: null
                });
            }),
        };
    
        if (log) console.log(JSON.stringify(bw));
        if (save) saveToFile(bw, 'authy-to-bitwarden-export.json');
    }
    
    deEncrypt({
        log: true,
        save: true,
    });
    Export to JSON format (2FSA / Raivo)

    @brenc says (ref):

    I have modified the snippet to produce a Raivo OTP format export file that can be directly imported into 2FAS Auth (and of course Raivo and others I'm sure):

    // Based on https://github.com/LinusU/base32-encode/blob/master/index.js
    function hex_to_b32(hex) {
      let alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567";
      let bytes = [];
      for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) {
        bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16));
      }
      let bits = 0;
      let value = 0;
      let output = "";
      for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
        value = (value << 8) | bytes[i];
        bits += 8;
        while (bits >= 5) {
          output += alphabet[(value >>> (bits - 5)) & 31];
          bits -= 5;
        }
      }
      if (bits > 0) {
        output += alphabet[(value << (5 - bits)) & 31];
      }
      return output;
    }
    
    // from https://gist.github.com/gboudreau/94bb0c11a6209c82418d01a59d958c93
    function saveToFile(data, filename) {
      if (!data) {
        console.error("Console.save: No data");
        return;
      }
    
      if (typeof data === "object") {
        data = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 4);
      }
    
      const blob = new Blob([data], {
        type: "text/json",
      });
    
      const e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
      const a = document.createElement("a");
      a.download = filename;
      a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      a.dataset.downloadurl = ["text/json", a.download, a.href].join(":");
    
      e.initMouseEvent(
        "click",
        true,
        false,
        window,
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0,
        false,
        false,
        false,
        false,
        0,
        null
      );
    
      a.dispatchEvent(e);
    }
    
    const items = appManager.getModel().map((i) => {
        let secretSeed = i.secretSeed;
        if (typeof secretSeed == "undefined") {
            secretSeed = i.encryptedSeed;
        }
        const period = i.digits === 7 ? 10 : 30;
        const secret =
            i.markedForDeletion === false ? i.decryptedSeed : hex_to_b32(secretSeed);
        const [issuer, rawName] = i.name.includes(":")
            ? i.name.split(":")
            : ["", i.name];
        const name = [issuer, rawName].filter(Boolean).join(": ");
        
        return {
            account: name,
            algorithm: "SHA1",
            counter: "0",
            digits: `${i.digits}`,
            iconType: "",
            iconValue: "",
            issuer: name,
            kind: "TOTP",
            pinned: "false",
            secret,
            timer: `${period}`,
        };
    });
    
    saveToFile(items, "Authy-To-Raivo-OTP-Export.json");
    Export to unencrypted JSON format (Aegis)

    @dvshkn says (ref):

    Based on the snippet by @brenc, here is a version that exports to unencrypted Aegis JSON format.
    To keep things short this version only dumps the JSON to the console instead of triggering a file download.
    In Aegis (on your mobile device) use Settings > Import & Export > Import from file and select Aegis file format to import the JSON file.

    // Based on https://github.com/LinusU/base32-encode/blob/master/index.js
    function hex_to_b32(hex) {
      let alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567";
      let bytes = [];
      for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) {
        bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16));
      }
      let bits = 0;
      let value = 0;
      let output = "";
      for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
        value = (value << 8) | bytes[i];
        bits += 8;
        while (bits >= 5) {
          output += alphabet[(value >>> (bits - 5)) & 31];
          bits -= 5;
        }
      }
      if (bits > 0) {
        output += alphabet[(value << (5 - bits)) & 31];
      }
      return output;
    }
    
    const items = appManager.getModel().map((i) => {
      let secretSeed = i.secretSeed;
      if (typeof secretSeed == "undefined") {
        secretSeed = i.encryptedSeed;
      }
      // @brenc: All of my Authy accounts have a 20 second period. Not sure why
      //         this was 10.
      const period = i.digits === 7 ? 20 : 30;
      const secret =
        i.markedForDeletion === false ? i.decryptedSeed : hex_to_b32(secretSeed);
      const [issuer, rawName] = i.name.includes(":")
        ? i.name.split(":")
        : ["", i.name];
      const name = [issuer, rawName].filter(Boolean).join(": ");
    
      return {
        type: "totp",
        // NOTE: Aegis generates a fresh UUID if we skip this property
        // uuid: null,
        name,
        issuer: name,
        icon: null,
        info: {
          secret,
          algo: "SHA1",
          digits: i.digits,
          period: period
        }
      };
    });
    
    // Example from https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis/blob/master/app/src/test/resources/com/beemdevelopment/aegis/importers/aegis_plain.json
    const aegis_data = {
      version: 1,
      header: {
        slots: null,
        params: null
      },
      db: {
        version: 1,
        entries: items
      }
    };
    
    // dumps entries to console in Aegis JSON format
    console.log(JSON.stringify(aegis_data, undefined, 4));

    Getting Uncaught ReferenceError: appManager is not defined error?
    Go watch this YouTube video that shows you where you need to be, when you paste code: https://youtu.be/nArCf8iEqlw

  10. Right-click the snippet name on the navigator pane on the left (eg. Script snippet #1) , and choose Run.

Thanks

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ccombe commented Feb 18, 2024

incredible stuff, I was able to at least export to JSON which is amazing in and of itself and import into bitwarden despite running into a couple failed to fetch snags but I think that was more an issue with having the desktop app and the chrome add-in competing for attention ;)

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gianpaj commented Feb 18, 2024

FYI: Don't open the http://localhost:5858/ (Authy devtools) on Firefox. While it works. You can't expand the outputs or copy and paste the values.
Use Google Chrome. I tested this on macOS

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MatthiasNZ commented Feb 19, 2024

When I click the Twilio Authy link in the browser (Brave, a Chrome branch, I believe), I get the spinning "busy" icon and nothing happens. After pasting and running the 1st or 2nd script I get the Uncaught ReferenceError: appManager is not defined, like other posters reported. Any ideas?

Have temporarily disabled my virus checker, to no avail. Do I have to fiddle with the firewall?

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x3rt commented Feb 19, 2024

Do I have to fiddle with the firewall?

No you shouldn't have to touch your AV or Firewall for this to work.
Try what other people said fixed the same issue (Restart your computer, and use a different browser with only one tab open)

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When I click the Twilio Authy link in the browser (Brave, a Chrome branch, I believe), I get the spinning "busy" icon and nothing happens. After pasting and running the 1st or 2nd script I get the Uncaught ReferenceError: appManager is not defined, like other posters reported. Any ideas?

Where are you pasting the code? If you can't reach Authy's dev tools, you won't be able to run the code in the right context, and thus you won't be able to access Authy's codebase & data (appManager is only available in Authy's code). You need to use the proper dev tools, which are only available when you click the Twilio Authy link on http://localhost:5858/
That step is not optional.

If your browser has issues opening that link, try another browser. Chrome should work.

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@MatthiasNZ I created a video that shows you where you need to be, to use any of the code provided above: https://youtu.be/nArCf8iEqlw

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@gboudreau & @x3rt thanks, after reboot and Chrome with just 2 tabs open (in addition to localhost I need access to this page for code & instructions) it worked.

Didn't have all the earlier comments open that may have contained these suggestions.

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General question: since folk mention Bitwarden and 1Password as alternative 2FA apps, how safe is using a pw manager for storing passwords, tokens and use it as a TOTP generator? While convenient, doesn't that defeat the idea of 2FA?

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brenc commented Feb 19, 2024

@MatthiasNZ yes this is why I keep my password storage, 2fa, and 2fa backup codes all separate.

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Instructions worked a treat - using the Export to unencrypted JSON format (Aegis) method produced keys that played perfectly with KeePassXC 👍

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@gianpaj:

FYI: Don't open the http://localhost:5858/ (Authy devtools) on Firefox. You can't expand the outputs or copy and paste the values.

Au contraire, copy-paste works fine in Firefox (for Windows). I used the instructions in the "Simple" header.

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3raxton commented Feb 20, 2024

Hello, I have got a question regarding the statement
"Important: You can NOT delete your Authy account, even after migrating your TOTP tokens to another software! If you do, you could be locking yourself out of all the accounts that require Authy!"
As far as I understand a token is not related in any way to the App provider. If I transfer the token from Authy to Google Authenticator and delete my Authy account, why should this be a problem?

It's for services that instead of using standard TOTP, use Authy's API to link the 2FA from their site to Authy. Twitch for example. So if you delete your Authy account, it invalidates the key between Authy and that Service, and the 2FA no longer works.

Exactly. I THINK you can identify those services by the number of digits in the TOTP codes: Authy codes have 7 digits, while regular (non-Authy) codes have 6 digits.

If a service you have setup 2FA with uses the Authy API/SDK, it doesn't even know the secret needed to validate the codes generated by the TOTP token, nor your phone number; it only knows your Authy user ID, and if you delete that Authy account, that service will not be able to validate 2FA codes that would be valid, and thus you can be locked out of that service. What you need to do, if you really want to close your Authy account, is to make sure the providers you had in Authy are NOT advertising Authy for 2FA, but just plain TOTP. If you find one that does say it uses Authy, you should, for that service, disable 2FA, and re-enable it WITHOUT choosing Authy as a 2FA method. If they offer plain TOTP, choose that, and use whatever new TOTP app (that is NOT Authy) to set up 2FA there.

That warning was added because it happened to me when I initially migrated out of Authy: TOTP tokens were migrated to 1Password, and I tested that the codes generated were valid, and that I could use them to log in, but as soon as I deleted my Authy account, they stopped working because the service provider (Cloudflare) used the Authy SDK. (Cloudflare does NOT use the Authy SDK anymore.)

Sendgrid & Twilio are other examples (apart from the already mentioned Twitch) that offer Authy 2FA (Authy being owned by Twilio...)

Am I correctly understanding that I can remove the 2FA from the parities using Authy's API (Cloudflare, Pinterest, Braze), with the exclusion of Gemini, and move them to a new 2FA provider without losing access to these accounts? I've done this with Clouldfare and haven't had any issues thus far.

As long as I do not delete my Authy account, things should work just fine. Is there anything that I am missing?

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Am I correctly understanding that I can remove the 2FA from the parities using Authy's API (Cloudflare, Pinterest, Braze), with the exclusion of Gemini, and move them to a new 2FA provider without losing access to these accounts? I've done this with Clouldfare and haven't had any issues thus far.
As long as I do not delete my Authy account, things should work just fine. Is there anything that I am missing?

Yes. For any service that advertise they are using Authy, you go into the service settings, disable 2FA, and then re-enable 2FA but do NOT use Authy.

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3raxton commented Feb 20, 2024

Am I correctly understanding that I can remove the 2FA from the parities using Authy's API (Cloudflare, Pinterest, Braze), with the exclusion of Gemini, and move them to a new 2FA provider without losing access to these accounts? I've done this with Clouldfare and haven't had any issues thus far.
As long as I do not delete my Authy account, things should work just fine. Is there anything that I am missing?

Yes. For any service that advertise they are using Authy, you go into the service settings, disable 2FA, and then re-enable 2FA but do NOT use Authy.

Thank you for sharing this with me. After re-enabling using a different 2FA service, can they be deleted from Authy or do they need to stick around to avoid issues with the API down the line?

I'm thinking that ideally, with a backup code, the deletion wouldn't become an issue down the line as long recovery codes stick around but I'm not quite sure.

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3raxton commented Feb 20, 2024

I'm running into the invalid MD5 hash on my Mac. I've downloaded the 2.2.3 from the link provided and am running the necessary commands in terminal. Is there anything I need to do to add the MD5 hash to the DMG? I haven't yet given flatpak a shot; I've looked at ways to install it on Mac but I don't follow.

Any guidance is helpful. Thank you!

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xstable commented Feb 20, 2024

❤️ thanks a lot for your effort an sharing it!

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xstable commented Feb 20, 2024

Instructions worked a treat - using the Export to unencrypted JSON format (Aegis) method produced keys that played perfectly with KeePassXC 👍

Can you tell, how does the import on KeepassXC will work?

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adonetgithub commented Feb 20, 2024

I entered the secrets that you can find in the JSON file in the TOTP field in keepasXC on my Linux Mint machine. These values entered in Keepass give the app the needed information to generate the tokens. It only works with 6 digits tokens. If you use the same kbdx database on your android phone in the keepass2Android app, you cas see the TOTP tokens there as well.
I had to enter these secrets manually though.

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That worked for me once I started using KeepassXC. You have to go to the Entries tab in KeepassXC or double-click the Clock column to add it.

Windows: Download and install one of those:
64-bit: https://pkg.authy.com/authy/stable/2.2.3/win32/x64/Authy%20Desktop%20Setup%202.2.3.exe

And I just renamed Update.exe to Update.exe.old once I installed the new version. I had updated the app without realizing it would break the export, but it worked using version 2.2.3!

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3raxton commented Feb 21, 2024

Bumping this again to understand the MD5 hash error. Would you mind sharing with me what I can do to prevent the invalid MD5 hash error? I've added an MD5 hash to Authy 2.2.3 but I am still running into this issue. I appreciate the help, thank you.

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Bumping this again to understand the MD5 hash error. Would you mind sharing with me what I can do to prevent the invalid MD5 hash error? I've added an MD5 hash to Authy 2.2.3 but I am still running into this issue. I appreciate the help, thank you.

Why are you executing the Linux instructions on Mac?
The code you mention (that verifies the MD5 hash) is under Linux (using snap) (recommended). You should not run this code on Mac.

On Mac, you install the DMG, run the command to disable auto-update on Mac, and then continue with steps 2+.

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MrtnKk commented Feb 21, 2024

On my old PC I was running the snap version (2.5.0) on Ubuntu. But I switched to a new PC and Manjaro (Arch-based), so I tried the flatpak way. I can install version 2.2.3 successfully but as soon as I try to provide my phone number during setup, Authy always says, "Twilio Authy doesn't accept any new registrations". I'm using the same phone number as before and the Backup feature is enabled. Version 2.5.0 is running on my old Ubuntu machine to this day.

I also tried reverting the snap on my old PC but only version 2.5.0 is installed. The commands for snap don't seem to work as well. If I curl -o authy.snap https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap, I get an empty 'authy.snap' file.

I copied the lines for the snap solution into an empty file and made it executable but it throws an MD5 hash error (if I remember correctly).

Anything else I can try?

EDIT

Btw. I might get something wrong, but running the desktop app after installing by typing ./authy --remote-debugging-port=5858 doesn't work when I installed via flatpak. I had to flatpak run com.authy.Authy --remote-debugging-port=5858.

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3raxton commented Feb 21, 2024

Bumping this again to understand the MD5 hash error. Would you mind sharing with me what I can do to prevent the invalid MD5 hash error? I've added an MD5 hash to Authy 2.2.3 but I am still running into this issue. I appreciate the help, thank you.

Why are you executing the Linux instructions on Mac? The code you mention (that verifies the MD5 hash) is under Linux (using snap) (recommended). You should not run this code on Mac.

On Mac, you install the DMG, run the command to disable auto-update on Mac, and then continue with steps 2+.

I appreciate the clarity. I mixed up Linux with Unix, my apologies. I’ve got this up and running based on the instructions. After moving to a different 2FA system, is it safe to remove these codes from Authy if they don't utilize the API? Thank you

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If I curl -o authy.snap https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap, I get an empty 'authy.snap' file.

Sorry, that command was missing a -L:

curl -Lo authy.snap https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap

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After moving to a different 2FA system, is it safe to remove these codes from Authy if they don't utilize the API?

If you can obtain TOTP code from another system, to log in on a service, and that service is not using the Authy SDK, then yes, you can remove it from Authy.

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3raxton commented Feb 21, 2024

After moving to a different 2FA system, is it safe to remove these codes from Authy if they don't utilize the API?

If you can obtain TOTP code from another system, to log in on a service, and that service is not using the Authy SDK, then yes, you can remove it from Authy.

I am very grateful for your support, code and guidance, this is an incredible tool to utilize. Thank you for the time you've taken to put this together and help everyone out 🚀

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3oogie commented Feb 22, 2024

no matter what i do (win 10 or 11 desktop) these *unts force an autoupdate to 2.5 blocking the localhost access.
Spent an hour or more trying now and looks like i'll have to bite the bullet and do 50 odd totps one by one.

Unless any other ideas....

F*** YOU TWILIO.

Good riddance

Edit: also people be careful with this method as i am reading a few folks getting permalocked out of their authy accounts as theyre flagged as having hacked their own accounts.
ABSOLUTE C words.
Grrrr
Hope they die a slow death (without desktop they will do sooner than later).

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no matter what i do (win 10 or 11 desktop) these *unts force an autoupdate to 2.5 blocking the localhost access. Spent an hour or more trying now and looks like i'll have to bite the bullet and do 50 odd totps one by one.

Unless any other ideas...

You tried both suggestions, "To prevent auto-update [...]" and "Or, after the app updated [...]"

Maybe try to disconnect from the internet when you install and first start the app? Maybe that would prevent auto-update, then reconnect to login in the app, and disconnect again as soon as you are logged in. (Not sure if you need to be connected to the internet to enter your backup password, if any.)

If all else fails, you could just install a default Ubuntu desktop in a virtual machine (VirtualBox makes that easy), and use the snap method. Surely that would be faster than going through many accounts to re-setup 2FA.

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3oogie,

Please try the following. Install Authy using SNAP on a Linux virtual machine. Use Ubuntu if you don't know how to install snap, because some distos don't have snap installed by default. It may work in a live CD as well, but I didn't test.

If you want the Linux 2.2.3 version of Authy you can also find it here:

https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap

I installed the authy snap package using:
sudo snap install H8ZpNgIoPyvmkgxOWw5MSzsXK1wRZiHn_18.snap
from a terminal in the folder where the snap package was downloaded, after downloading the snap package mentioned above by @EricoCartmanez. (Use file browser to open a terminal in the right folder)

Then I used
sudo snap refresh --hold= authy
to prevent it from being updated automatically.
And
snap list
to check if it is held from auto updates.

Now login into Authy, decrypt your entries. Aftehr this you may want to disconnect the linux machine from the internet.

Then follow the manual from the beginning starting from authy --remote-debugging-port=5858 and continue from point 4.
From a terminal:./authy --remote-debugging-port=5858
and continue from point 4 of the manual at the beginning of this post.

I could enter the codes in KeepassXC. I could scan the QR codes in Aegis on my Android, and export them to Google Authenticator on my iPhone. The codes generated are all the same in every app.

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3oogie commented Feb 22, 2024

thank you both for your help here.
eventually managed it by deleting the backup.exe from the folder stopping the program from calling back and autoupdating and then going through the process.
What was great was the few i had named NULL were where there had not been a name assigned (for eg dropbox, ring.com in my case(s)) but i rectified these while double checking them against the extant ones in authy (where they strangely had the icons despite the 'null' name - which i recognised).
THANKS very much for this work @gboudreau AND all contributors.

ONLY gripe with Aegis is the lack of icons but i have transferred tokens to 2FAS as well (which does) and will compare usage going forwards.

🫡

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