If you don’t like to read the article, my Youtube video below will guide you through the process. Make sure to complete the steps in the Extract Secret Keys from the Google Authenticator QR Codes first, before continuing this article.The process involves extracting the Secret Keys from the Google Authenticator QR code that later can be used to either type them manually when adding a new account in another 2FA app or generate a new QR code compatible with other apps. Part of the process of exporting Google Authenticator to Microsoft Authenticator is common across all the apps.

Extracting the Secret Keys from the GA app. Nevertheless, below is the step-by-step instruction for exporting the Google Authenticator app to Microsoft Authenticator. I have eventually found a way of exporting the Google Authenticator app to any other 2FA app, but I have to admit that the process is not as easy as I would like. When I first time encountered this problem, I was trying to export Google Authenticator to 1Password, and to my surprise, I was presented with a similar error message when the 1Password QR code scanner could not scan the QR code generated by the Google Authenticator app.

Microsoft Authenticator error message when attempting to scan the GA-generated QR code – QR code is invalid. Error message when exporting Google Authenticator to Microsoft Authenticator.īelow you can see an error message you will most likely see when trying to export Google Authenticator 2FA codes to the Microsoft Authenticator app using the Export Account option in the GA. To export Google Authenticator to Microsoft Authenticator, you have to extract the Secret Keys from the GA QR codes and either type them manually when adding a new account in Microsoft Authenticator or generate a new set of QR codes compatible with Microsoft Authenticator.

Extract Secret Keys from the Google Authenticator QR Codes.īut for now, let’s focus on exporting Google Authenticator to the Microsoft Authenticator app.

You may find the details in the article below. I have finally found the solution to transfer them to other apps but it wasn’t exactly an easy process. The transfer failed every time as the QR codes generated by the Google Authenticator Export feature are incompatible with other 2FA apps. I have tried the GA export feature with apps like Authy or 1Password.

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