# because this security measure does not generate a way to recover the key

because if I do not like the application and I do not have the way to recover the authentication key of google, because when asking the company for the disablement, they should place in the middle of the verification measures the recovery of the unique key

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: about 7 years ago
- Author title: Senior Operations Manager by Marriott International
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

I don't know.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: almost 5 years ago
- Author title: --



### Comment 2

You can't. The only solution is so that when you setup MFA, you either save the QR Code or click on manual setup and save that long string. This of course shall be handled as a super secret, because with that string you can setup a 2nd 3rd ... so on authenticator.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Cloud Architect / Team Lead of Denmark at Nordcloud




## Related Product
[Google Authenticator](https://www.g2.com/products/google-authenticator/reviews)

## Related Category
[Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)](https://www.g2.com/categories/multi-factor-authentication-mfa)

## Related discussions
- [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 6
- [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 0
- [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 4