{"id":1711,"date":"2026-10-08T07:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:28:30","slug":"how-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-in-direct-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-in-direct-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable two factor authentication in direct admin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Two-factor authentication (2FA)<\/strong> is a security method that requires users to prove their identity using two different forms of verification before they can log into an account or system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directadmin comes equipped with Two step verification mechanism. In this guide, we will explore how you can disable 2 step authentication in DirectAdmin. Please note that this is highly discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-log-into-directadmin\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"1387\">Log in to your control panel<\/a> using your username,password and 2fa code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to Dashboard <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change your Password <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two-Step Authentication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on disable two-step Authentication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow this guide to re-<a href=\"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication-in-direct-admin\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"1706\">enable Two Step Authentication in DirectAdmin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security method that requires users to prove their identity using two different forms of verification before they can log into an account or system. Directadmin comes equipped with Two step verification mechanism. In this guide, we will explore how you can disable 2 step authentication in DirectAdmin. Please note that ..<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-fix\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-in-direct-admin\/\" title=\"read more...\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-hosting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to disable two factor authentication in direct admin - Shujaa Host<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Disable two factor authentication in direct admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-in-direct-admin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to disable two factor authentication in direct admin - 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