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Trading 212 2FA: how to set up an authenticator app

By the Novaz team · Updated October 29, 2026
Novaz steps checked against version 1.0.5

On this page
  1. Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
  2. Keep the backup code
  3. When Trading 212 asks for a code
  4. If Trading 212 rejects your code
  5. Changing phones
  6. If you lose your authenticator
  7. Turning 2FA off
  8. Official Trading 212 help

Your Trading 212 account is the login for the Trading 212 app and web platform, where your investments and cash live. Two-factor authentication (2FA) isn't optional here. Trading 212 calls it "a mandatory extra layer of security" (Trading 212), and you can't request a withdrawal until it's set up (Trading 212).

There are two methods. Trusted device is the default: logging in somewhere new means tapping a notification on a device you've already approved to see a one-time code. Authenticator app replaces that with a six-digit code from an app you choose (Trading 212). Trading 212 suggests the app if a browser keeps asking you to verify yourself, which private browsing, cleared cookies or a VPN can cause (Trading 212). This guide uses Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone. Any authenticator app works the same way.

How we checked this guide: the Trading 212 steps come from Trading 212's own help center, including its screenshots, linked below, which we read on October 19, 2026. We haven't tested them on a Trading 212 account, 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

The setting is in the Trading 212 mobile app. Its help describes these steps (Trading 212):

  1. Tap ☰, then Privacy & Security. Some Trading 212 pages call it Privacy and security.
  2. Tap Two-factor authentication. Under Choose a method, Trusted device verification is selected by default.
  3. Select Authenticator app verification and complete the motion selfie.
  4. Copy the key Trading 212 shows. The help doesn't mention a QR code.
  5. In Novaz, tap +, then Enter key manually. Type Trading 212 as the Service, add your email as the Account if you like, and paste the key into Setup key. See What is a 2FA setup key?
  6. Back in Trading 212, enter the six-digit code Novaz shows.
  7. Once the method is active, Trading 212 shows a backup code. Copy it and store it somewhere other than this iPhone.

Trading 212's help doesn't say how long the key is or how often its codes change. A typed key in Novaz makes six-digit codes every 30 seconds, the usual setting.

Keep the backup code

Trading 212's help talks about a single, one-time backup code for when you lose access to the app. Each time you use it, Trading 212 shows a new one to save (Trading 212).

Save it even if you back up Novaz: it gets you in if the phone is lost without an iCloud backup or backup file. Keep it in a password manager or on paper. You also need it to reset 2FA. See 2FA backup codes.

When Trading 212 asks for a code

  • At login. The help says you'll need the code when you log in, while the Two-factor authentication screen itself mentions logins from a new device (Trading 212).
  • In a browser. After you verify once, that browser counts as trusted, so later logins there should be smoother (Trading 212).
  • New devices and some actions. A new or unrecognized device may also get a motion selfie check, and some actions can trigger an identity check after you're logged in (Trading 212).

Trading 212's page on Apple and Google sign-in only describes the trusted-device method, not what authenticator users see (Trading 212).

If Trading 212 rejects your code

Trading 212's help doesn't cover rejected authenticator codes. First check which code the screen wants: the optional passcode lock is a separate six-digit code you pick for one device (Trading 212), and the backup code is different again.

Then check your iPhone's clock: Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically. Novaz warns you when the clock is 15 seconds or more off. More causes are in Authenticator code not working?

Changing phones

With a Novaz iCloud backup or backup file, you restore your accounts on the new iPhone and the same key keeps working. Without one, a new phone means a new key from Trading 212. Its documented route is Reset 2FA (Trading 212):

  1. Tap ☰, then Privacy & Security, Two-factor authentication and Authenticator app verification.
  2. Choose Reset 2FA and enter your backup code. If you've lost it, tap Verify it's you and record a motion selfie instead.
  3. Set up the new 2FA, adding the new key to Novaz on your new iPhone.

Do this while you still have the old iPhone. Afterwards, open Privacy and security > Devices and log out any phone you no longer use (Trading 212). See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.

If you lose your authenticator

At login, on the authenticator code screen, select Lost access to your authenticator? and paste your backup code. Trading 212 then shows a new backup code. Save it before you go on (Trading 212).

Without the backup code, choose Verify it is you (also written Verify it's you). After a motion selfie, you can reset your 2FA and add Trading 212 to Novaz again. The help doesn't say how long the check takes.

If you're stuck, contact Trading 212 only through its official contact form or in the app under Support > Contact us (Trading 212). Its staff will never ask for your password or 2FA codes (Trading 212), and you shouldn't let anyone guide you through its verification (Trading 212). More in Lost the phone with your authenticator app?

Turning 2FA off

You can't: 2FA is mandatory at Trading 212. The Choose a method screen lists both methods, but the help doesn't describe switching from the authenticator app back to trusted devices.

Official Trading 212 help

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