Sign in safely: password, second step and passkeys
Change your password, add a second sign-in step with an app or email codes, and sign in with a passkey.
Security is where you keep your account safe. To open it, select your name at the foot of the rail and choose Security. Taktyl may ask for your password first.
If you lead a workspace or run your organisation, a second sign-in step is required. Until you add one, Taktyl brings you to this page.
Change your password
- Under Update password, type your Current password.
- Type a New password and type it again in Confirm password. It needs at least 12 characters, with upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
- Select Save.
Use an authenticator app
- Under Two-factor authentication, select Enable 2FA.
- Scan the QR code with the authenticator app on your phone, or type the setup key into it. Select Continue.
- Type the 6-digit code from the app and select Confirm.
From then on, Taktyl asks for a code from the app each time you sign in. Select View recovery codes and keep them in a password manager: they let you back in if you lose your phone. Disable 2FA turns it off.
Use email codes
- Under Email codes, select Email me a test code.
- Type the six-digit code from the email and select Turn on email codes. The code works for 10 minutes; Send a new code sends another.
From then on, Taktyl emails you a code each time you sign in. Turn off email codes stops it. Email codes work beside your app and your passkeys.
Add a passkey
A passkey lets you sign in without typing your password, using your device's fingerprint, face or PIN.
- Under Passkeys, select Add passkey.
- Give it a Passkey name, such as the device it is on.
- Select Register passkey and follow your device's prompt.
To take one away, select Remove (the bin icon) beside it, then Remove passkey. If your browser cannot use passkeys, the page says so.