VaultCord 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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VaultCord is a Discord bot service: from its dashboard at dash.vaultcord.com you verify new members, back up a server's members, channels and roles, and pull members into a new server if the old one is lost. Anyone who gets into that dashboard can delete your bots and servers, so VaultCord lists turning on 2FA as one way to protect your setup (VaultCord). It's optional.
Your VaultCord account can use three things: an email magic link to sign in, codes from an authenticator app, and a WebAuthn security key or passkey (VaultCord). This guide covers the authenticator app. We use Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone in the steps, but any authenticator app works the same way.
How we checked this guide: the VaultCord steps come from VaultCord's own documentation site, linked below, including the screenshot on its multi-factor page, which we read on October 24, 2026. We haven't tested them on a VaultCord account, so a label may differ slightly. The Novaz steps are checked against the app, version 1.0.5.
What VaultCord's help actually says
VaultCord's documentation on this is short. Its multi-factor page gives one sentence per method and a screenshot of each. It doesn't cover backup codes, lost phones, or turning 2FA off. The screenshot of the setup box is older than the page itself (the page was last updated in August 2025, and the account in the image shows a 2024 date), so the dashboard may look a little different today. Where the docs are silent, this guide says so.
Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
These steps follow VaultCord's multi-factor page and its screenshot (VaultCord):
- Sign in to the VaultCord dashboard and open your account Settings.
- Below the Account Details box, turn on Enable two factor authentication. (The page calls this ticking it; in the screenshot it's a switch.)
- A box titled Enable 2FA opens with a QR code. In Novaz, tap +, then Scan QR code, and point the camera at it. If the dashboard is open on the same iPhone, take a screenshot and use Choose a photo instead. See scanning a QR code on the same iPhone.
- If you can't scan, use the key under Enter secret manually. There's a copy button next to it. In Novaz, tap +, then Enter key manually, type VaultCord as the Service, your email as the Account if you like, and paste the key into Setup key. See What is a 2FA setup key?
- Type the code Novaz shows into the Two-Factor Authentication code field and select Confirm.
The key in VaultCord's screenshot is a long string of capital letters and digits, which is the usual format for a setup key. VaultCord doesn't say how many digits its codes have or how often they change. Scanning the QR code is the safer route, because the code carries those settings to the app. A key typed by hand gets 6 digits every 30 seconds.
The Account Details box in the screenshot has a line called twoFactorStatus, which reads False before setup. VaultCord's help doesn't show what it reads after setup.
No backup codes in the docs
VaultCord's help doesn't mention backup or recovery codes. If the setup box offers any after you select Confirm, save them somewhere other than your phone. They'd be your way back in if you lose your iPhone and have no Novaz backup (iCloud backup or a backup file). More on this in 2FA backup codes.
A second method helps too. VaultCord lets you add a security key or passkey from the same settings screen, with Setup WebAuthn security key/passkey (VaultCord). The docs don't say whether a passkey can stand in for an authenticator code at sign-in, so treat that as unconfirmed.
If VaultCord rejects your code
VaultCord's help has no advice on wrong codes. Start with the iPhone's clock: Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically. Novaz shows a warning when the clock is 15 seconds or more off. Other causes are in Authenticator code not working?
Changing phones
The docs don't describe moving 2FA to a new phone. In Novaz, you can restore your accounts on the new iPhone from iCloud backup or a backup file. Without one, plan to set VaultCord up again on the new phone while you can still sign in on the old one. See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.
If you lose your authenticator
VaultCord doesn't publish a recovery process for a lost authenticator, and doesn't say what proof it asks for or how long it takes. The support route its help points to for account problems is Live Support, reached through VaultCord's Discord server. For a suspicious sign-in, its FAQ asks you to send the session details from the Account tab of the Reports page (VaultCord). It's the only support channel the docs name, so that's where to ask.
If someone did get in and deleted a bot or server, VaultCord keeps deleted items for 14 days. You can restore them from the red DELETED button on the Bots or Servers page (VaultCord).
More in Lost the phone with your authenticator app?
Sharing the dashboard with staff
If several people manage your server, don't share one login and one authenticator. VaultCord lets you invite team members with their own permissions instead (VaultCord), so each person can protect their own account.
