As the app will be managing your extremely sensitive information, you need to make sure it’s trustworthy. Apart from being really easy to use, WinAuth is also an open-source app ( source). There are many apps for this purpose, but I will recommend you to use WinAuth. Now you must use an authentication app compatible with Windows to access your Google Authenticator account through it. Use a Windows Authentication app to access Google Authenticator Keep this code safe, as anyone with this code can access your Google Authenticator. This setup is here to verify Google Authenticator on phone, but we will be using it just to get the secret code.Īfterward, click on the “CAN’T SCAN IT” link under the barcode.Ĭopy the code on the next screen and then you may cancel this setup process.

Provide Google account password and then scroll down and click on “Set Up” under the “Authenticator app” section.