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How to turn on email sign-in codes in GuardYak

A monitoring account can silence alerts, so protect it with a second step at sign-in. With email codes on, GuardYak emails a one-time code each time you sign in.

Before you start

  • Access to the email address on your account
  • A recent sign-in — GuardYak asks you to sign in again before changing security settings

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Transcript

Add a second sign-in step using codes sent to your email.

Open sign-in security and find Email one-time codes.

Select Enable email codes. GuardYak signs you out, and from now on every sign-in asks for a code from your inbox.

Steps

  1. Open sign-in security ▶ 0:05

    Go to Settings, then Sign-in security, and find Email one-time codes.

    Sign-in security page with the Email one-time codes option

  2. Turn it on and sign in again ▶ 0:09

    Select Enable email codes. GuardYak signs you out; sign in again and enter the code it emails you.

    Sign-in page with the message that email codes are on
ResultGuardYak signs you out so you can sign in again with your first emailed code.

Next steps

Updated 2026-10-26