# MFA - Multi-factor authentication for your mailbox

**Multi-factor authentication**, or **MFA** as it's commonly abbreviated, adds an extra step to your basic login procedure. Without 2FA, the password is your single factor of authentication: you enter your username and password, then you're done.

With MFA, you log in to the Webmail by entering your username and password and the six-digit code provided by an app installed on your smartphone.

<p class="callout info">In the Webmail, you will be prompted to enter the MFA code in a new pop-up window.</p>

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/JAnimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/JAnimage.png)

<p class="callout info">When logging into the User Panel, if you have MFA enabled for your mailbox, you must add at the end of the password the 6-digit code provided by the app on your phone. For example, if your password is **T9D3K!px** and the 6-digit code is **189 145**, you must enter **T9D3K!px189145** in the login form of the User Panel.</p>

[![User Panel - login form.JPG](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/scaled-1680-/user-panel-login-form.JPG)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/user-panel-login-form.JPG)

### 1. How to enable MFA from the Webmail

1. Log into the **Webmail** using your full **e-mail address** and your **current e-mail password**
2. Click on the **User** icon from the top right to activate the menu. Then click on **My account** [![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/3yYimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/3yYimage.png)
3. In the **Account** tab, reach for the **MFA** section.
4. Click on **Enable MFA**. [![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/DqJimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/DqJimage.png)
5. Use your authenticator app to scan the **QR code**, then enter the **6-digit** verification code and click **Verify &amp; Enable**.
    
    [![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/fMNimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/fMNimage.png)
6. Click **Save**.

### 2. How to enable MFA from the User Panel

First, you need a smartphone with a two-factor authenticator App installed (OTP / M<span style="color: rgb(51,51,51);">-Step Verification / M-Factor Authentication</span>), such as [Authy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.authy.authy&hl=en) or [Google Authenticator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2&hl=en).

To enable MFA for your e-mail address:

- Log in to the **[User Panel](https://cp.emailarray.com/)**
- From the menu, go to **MFA**

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/Frpimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/Frpimage.png)

- Update the dropdown **Status** to **Enabled**. Click on the **Save** button.

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/KwXimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/KwXimage.png)

- Recheck the requirements: have a MFA App installed on your phone, such as [ Authy ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.authy.authy&hl=en)or [Google Authenticator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2&hl=en)
- When ready, click on the **Next** button

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/Ialimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/Ialimage.png)

- Scan the QR code with the installed MFA App and fill in the generated six-digit code in the **Challenge** input field.
- **Click on the Save button before your token expires. It is always better to wait for the app to generate a fresh token, so you have enough time before it expires.**
- You have enabled MFA, and you will be prompted to fill in the token every time you log in using Webmail.

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/yvlimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/yvlimage.png)

### 3. Disable MFA from the Webmail

1. Log into the **Webmail** using your full **e-mail address** and your **current e-mail password**
2. Click on the **User** icon from the top right to activate the menu. Then click on **My account** [![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/3yYimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/3yYimage.png)
3. In the **Account** tab, reach for the **MFA** section.
4. Click on **Disable MFA.**[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/lBeimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/lBeimage.png)
5. Use your authenticator app to generate a 6-digit code, then enter it and click **Disable two-factor authentication**.
    
      
    [![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/VANimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/VANimage.png)
6. Click **Save**.

### 4. Disable 2FA from the User Panel

To disable MFA for your e-mail address:

- Log in to the **[U](https://admin.emailarray.com/)[ser Panel](https://cp.emailarray.com)**
- From the menu, go to **MFA**

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/Frpimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/Frpimage.png)

- Update the dropdown **Status** to **Disabled**. Click on the **Save** button.

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/uTzimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/uTzimage.png)

- Insert the token from your MFA App (such as Authy or Google Authenticator) in the **Challenge** input field.
- **Click on the Save button before the token expires. It is always better to wait for the app to generate a fresh token, so you have enough time before it expires.**
- After you see the confirmation message that the MFA was disabled, you can delete the entry from your MFA app.

[![image.png](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/iLeimage.png)](https://wikidev.emailarray.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/iLeimage.png)