I accidentally deleted an account from Microsoft Authenticator without unlinking it first. Now the website is asking me for a verification code, but I no longer have the account in my Authenticator app.

Raul Leonel Pineda Chile 0 Reputation points
2026-08-19T15:04:21.2666667+00:00

I accidentally deleted an account from Microsoft Authenticator that I was not supposed to delete. Unfortunately, I did not unlink the Authenticator account from the website before deleting it.

Now I need to log in to the website, but since the two-factor authentication is still linked, it keeps asking me for a 6-digit verification code that I no longer have in the Authenticator app.

Is there any way to recover the Authenticator account that I accidentally deleted, or restore the verification codes? If not, is there another way to regain access to the website and set up Microsoft Authenticator again?

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
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