Printable backup codes for two-factor authentication — generated privately in your browser — by Dinal Studios
🔑 Generate a Backup Code Set PRINTABLE
Recovery codes are your last way back into an account when you lose your phone or authenticator app. Generate a set for your records, print it, and store it like a spare key. Codes use an unambiguous alphabet (no 0/O or 1/I confusion).
Each code works ONCE — tick the box when you use one, and generate a fresh set when you run low. Store this sheet somewhere physically safe (a locked drawer or safe), never as a photo on your phone or in unencrypted cloud notes. Whoever holds these codes can enter the account — treat them like a spare house key.
🔒 Codes are generated on your device with the Web Crypto API and never sent anywhere. This page stores nothing — refreshing erases the set, by design.
⚠️ Important: codes from this page are for your own records, practice and services that let you supply your own backup codes. Most big services (Google, GitHub, banks) issue their own recovery codes when you enable 2FA — always save those official codes; no third-party code can substitute for them.
📦 How To Store Recovery Codes Safely
Print them and store them physically — a locked drawer, a safe, or with your important documents. Paper can't be hacked remotely.
Never screenshot them or keep them in your phone's photo gallery or an unencrypted notes app — malware and cloud photo syncs look there first.
Good digital option: save them inside an encrypted note in your password manager — that keeps them behind your master password and 2FA.
Each code is single-use. Tick it off when used. When half the set is gone, generate a new set and destroy the old sheet.
Keep a second copy in a different safe place (e.g. with a trusted family member in a sealed envelope) — a house fire shouldn't lock you out of your email.
Regenerate immediately if a sheet is lost, photographed, or seen by someone you don't trust — and review the account's active sessions at the same time.
Never share codes by chat or email — support teams will NEVER ask for them. Anyone who asks is a scammer.
🎓 Why Backup Codes Matter
2FA's weak point is recovery. Two-factor authentication stops password thieves — but if your phone is lost, broken or reset, the authenticator app goes with it. Without backup codes, recovery can take days of identity checks — or fail completely.
Set them up BEFORE you need them. The moment you enable 2FA on any account, save its recovery codes. It takes one minute now and saves your account later. Then test your plan: could you get back in with your phone gone?
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