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Documentation: Add mention that recovery codes are downloadable. See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!22483
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Two-factor Authentication (2FA) provides an additional level of security to your
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GitLab account. Once enabled, in addition to supplying your username and
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password to login, you'll be prompted for a code generated by your one time password
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authenticator. For example, a password manager on one of your devices.
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password to login, you'll be prompted for a code generated by your one time password
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authenticator. For example, a password manager on one of your devices.
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By enabling 2FA, the only way someone other than you can log into your account
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is to know your username and password *and* have access to your one time password secret.
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Recovery codes are not generated for U2F devices.
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Should you ever lose access to your one time password authenticator, you can use one of the ten provided
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backup codes to login to your account. We suggest copying or printing them for
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storage in a safe place. **Each code can be used only once** to log in to your
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account.
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backup codes to login to your account. We suggest copying them, printing them, or downloading them using
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the **Download codes** button for storage in a safe place.
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CAUTION: **Caution:**
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Each code can be used only once to log in to your account.
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If you lose the recovery codes or just want to generate new ones, you can do so
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[using SSH](#generate-new-recovery-codes-using-ssh).

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