No-IP 2FA: how to set up an authenticator app
By the Novaz team · Updated October 29, 2026
Novaz steps checked against version 1.0.5
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Your No-IP account is where you manage your Dynamic DNS hostnames. Even without two-factor authentication (2FA), No-IP emails you a 6-digit code when you sign in from a device, browser or network it doesn't recognize (No-IP). Turning on 2FA swaps that email code for a code from an authenticator app. No-IP's help says there is "only one way to completely disable email verification", and this is it.
2FA is optional. No-IP uses time-based codes (TOTP) from an app plus ten single-use recovery codes, with no text-message option (No-IP). The steps below use Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone, but any authenticator app can read the same QR code.
How we checked this guide: the No-IP steps come from No-IP's own Knowledge Base articles and their screenshots, linked below, which we read on October 20, 2026. We haven't tested them on a No-IP account, and some screenshots date from 2022, so a label may differ slightly. The Novaz steps are checked against the app, version 1.0.5.
Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
No-IP's setup articles describe this flow (No-IP, No-IP):
- Sign in at noip.com, click your username at the top right, then Security. The page is also at my.noip.com/settings/security.
- Under Two-Factor Authentication, No-IP shows a QR code headed Scan to Get Started. In Novaz, tap +, then Scan QR code, and point the camera at it. Viewing the page on that iPhone itself? Take a screenshot, then use Choose a photo. See scanning a QR code on the same iPhone.
- Can't scan? The details are printed below the QR code: Account, Key and Key Type (time-based). In Novaz, tap +, then Enter key manually, type No-IP as the Service, and enter the Key as the Setup key. See What is a 2FA setup key?
- On No-IP's page, type your account password in Password, then the code from Novaz in 6-Digit Code.
- Click Enable Two-Factor Authentication. If the code changes first, type the new one.
- Stay on the page that opens next. It holds your recovery codes, and you only see them once.
No-IP's codes are 6 digits and change every 30 seconds, which matches what Novaz uses for a typed key.
Save the ten recovery codes
When 2FA turns on, No-IP lists ten backup codes. Each one works a single time, and you can print the list (No-IP, No-IP).
No-IP's 2022 setup screen recommended cloud-based apps, so you could recover if your phone broke (No-IP). Novaz can do that with iCloud backup (PRO) or a backup file you export. Keep the recovery codes too, for a lost phone with no current Novaz backup. Store them off the phone; 2FA backup codes has ideas.
To get a fresh list, go back to Security, type your password and click Regenerate Recovery Codes. No-IP's help doesn't say whether this cancels the old codes.
Add a security question now
No-IP support won't change anything on your account, 2FA included, until you prove it's yours, and the security question is one way to do that (No-IP). Set it on the same Security page, below the two-factor section. For the answer, No-IP suggests Enter a Pin with a random number rather than a fact people could find online.
Signing in with 2FA on
After your username or email and password, a Two-Factor Authentication prompt asks for the app's code instead of the email code. Type it and click Verify (No-IP). No-IP's 2025 screenshot shows a Trust this device for 30 days box under the code. The help doesn't say whether 2FA applies if you sign in with Google or Microsoft.
Hostname updates aren't affected: No-IP asks for the code only on its website, not in the Dynamic Update Client (No-IP).
Team Login members can set up 2FA too. They have no security question, so if one loses their authenticator, the account owner uses Disable 2FA on the Team Login page (No-IP).
If No-IP rejects your code
No-IP's troubleshooting page mostly helps you find the code. It never comes by text, only from your app. If no app has a No-IP entry, the page suggests checking the iPhone's Passwords app (No-IP).
If Novaz shows the code but No-IP refuses it, check the iPhone's clock: Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically. Novaz shows a warning when the clock drifts 15 seconds or more. More fixes are in Authenticator code not working?
Moving to a new iPhone
No-IP's Security page says a different device means turning 2FA off and setting it up again (No-IP). Do it while the old phone still makes codes: type your password, click Disable, then repeat the setup with the new phone and save the new recovery codes. With a Novaz iCloud backup or backup file, you can instead restore your accounts on the new iPhone and the existing codes keep working. See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.
If you lose your authenticator
- You have a recovery code: click Use Backup Code at the prompt and enter one. Then disable 2FA on Security and set it up on your new phone.
- You don't: only No-IP support can turn 2FA off. Email support@noip.com (No-IP) or open a ticket at noip.com/ticket (No-IP). Support has to verify that the account is yours, and your security question is one way it does that.
No-IP's FAQ warns that losing both the app and the codes can mean losing the account (No-IP). No-IP doesn't list other proof or say how long a reset takes. See also Lost the phone with your authenticator app?
Turning 2FA off
On Security, type your password and click Disable. It takes effect right away, and you sign in without the app (No-IP). Then open No-IP in Novaz and tap Remove account.
