Remove very annoying 2 step verification process

[welshjoskin]

How do I get rid of this supremely annoying thing? It's only been there a morning and I'm already sick of having to fetch my mobile phone to get the code. I am not surgically and unhealthily attached to my phone, it is not with me constantly and except for when it rings or buzzes with a text I never look at it. I don't want to have to find it to put in a random code  to access my ebay account when I've already put in a password which was working perfectly well on it's own. Why can't people leave things alone? Anyway, how do I turn it off or better still remove it? 

[rayjbray]

Brilliant. I was so fed up with this security system, similar to another person, I too am not fully attached to my mobile phone. Great stuff, thanks.

[joefzd4040]

Bliss!  Thank you for that,  literally every time I signed into ebay I had to find my phone for the code and of course it would be upstairs, in the car etc. Thanks again!!

[rayjbray]

Sadly, the fix didn't help. I later found out that the annoying system wasn't disabled. I have been informed by eBay that if you use eBay for selling, i.e. you have a selling account, then the 2-step verification cannot be disabled. So, I and others I must assume are stuck with this check every time we log-on to eBay. One other thing which annoys me is the fact that the system ask you if you trust your computer, how rich is that after you have gone through the 2-step verification to verify your log-in to eBay.🤔🤔

[joefzd4040]

OK, I just logged in to check and didn't have to get a text message, so
it's worked for me. I don't have a seller's account.

Shame it doesn't work for you as it is so irritating. I log in a few times
every day and was giving up on ebay, what with the fees and fairly slow
deliveries from some sellers, Amazon is just so much better for most things.

[rayjbray]

Joe,
eBay has a lot going for it, but I am going to start using it more as a
browser. After browsing, I can look at Amazon and maybe do an Amazon
purchase. I was amazed to see VAT added to some eBay items which I have
purchased.

[ops-uk]

If I go to Sign in & security, 2 step verification, I do not get an option to turn the wretched thing off. All I get is different ways of doing it. I can understand 2FA when you first log in but having to do it every time to change a page is madening. What is wrong with this system? Was it designed by Microsoft? See attached screen shot.

[londonroger]

A previous well described method of turning 2step on and then the same
routine to turn it off, worked the 1st time ONLY, next boot up and it was
back to exasperation.

Management will blame disaster engineering if it goes wrong, or has it
already adversely impacted sales? I used to buy routinely on eBay and only
once since 2step. I find 2step intolerable.

[megahawk0]

I find it intolerable too and I would rather go direct to the manufacturer or bozos company. Anywhere to avoid it.

[ops-uk]

I agree. Ridiculous.

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[palsapal]

I seem to remember that it was the banks that introduced the two-step verification routine because they were losing so much money to on-line fraud.  eBay is not the only company which has been forced to adopt it.

[ops-uk]

I fully understand two step authentication, when you sign into a site. What really is having to do every time you change pages. Yesterday I must have done it 10 times in five minutes. I was trying to get information and I was going back and forward, all within eBay. Every time I changed page, I had to wait for a text message and enter the number. That is not necessary and just shows how badly this is implemented.

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[palsapal]

For me, the verification lasts for as long as I'm logged into eBay.

[megahawk0]

There needs to be choice. If banks want to have 10 15 20 *bleep*ing steps, that’s up to them, but I don’t need that hassle.

[kris5161]

computer settings and even platform used firefox chrome etc can make a huge difference

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[londonroger]

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Yes. And with Banks you only go through the login routine ONCE, with eBay it can aris repeatedly, most particularly if after the initial.login barrier you opt to buy. Some of the other eBay menu choices also re-trigger login verification, one is if you go to your Account. Thus you MIGHT only need to go thought the procedure once if you only browse their items. What other idiot organisation does this multiple verification multiple times within one continuous session?

As the important actions of payment and attending to your account retrigger full verification its pretty obvious they do not need to have full verification just to browse, unless they are set on killing off potential trade.

Also if only they would bring back their previous 20yr ago search engine instead of this pretty useless muppet we have to endure. The * (star) wildcard was one superb feature, and being able to search foreign characters, etc.

[ops-uk]

Try logging in, go to selling and then Reports.

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[ops-uk]

Exactly. I even had the problem was when I looked at each item I had to re 2FA. I think eBay think FA about their users!

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[steve777-uk]

hi i did have the same problem. i did manage to sort it out, unfortunatly i cannot remember how i did it - sorry

it was from advice i recieved on here. maybe you could find out that way.

[bittyboy101]

I did have this problem here on eBay and on PayPal for most of last year, Like you I was hugely annoyed and frustrated at having to constantly pass quick security checks everytime I wanted to log in or do something...

Then one day in October of 2023 I got a DIFFERENT computer with more momory and hardisk space, I re-downloaded Google chrome again, signed in to eBay and my PayPal account, I did the 2 step verification ONCE only and clicked on "remember this device" (or save device).

After this, I have been okay with no unwanted security checks (Only the odd one every 4-6 weeks) and that's it.

My conclusion was this was being caused by the very low memory and hardisk space on my other computer and eBay and PayPal were not able to save their cookies with their memory of my computer onto my machine - Thus, this then triggered a chain reaction of unwanted security checks.

Also make sure 3rd party cookies are enabled on Chrome as this has some affect too. 

On seller hub when logged into eBay, if you click on anything to do with personal data like payments/payout details, eBay will still ask you to do a securty check by sending you a verification code to your mobile or email address as an added safety/security precaution. 

Hope this helps.    

[park419]

THIS IS THE MOST ANNOYING FARCE OF MY LIFE