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--- linux:nextcloud [2025/08/26 08:12] – jansen
+++ linux:nextcloud [2025/08/27 12:53] (current) – [App passwords] jansen
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 We will give users sufficient time to do these setup steps before we disable the simple login without two-factor code. But the plan is, to allow only two-factor logins on the website some time next year (2026, to be announced).
+===== App passwords =====
+Since not all apps and file managers have a way to ask for the 2nd authentication factor, and since it is rather inconvenient to generate a 6-digit code every time you connect the app, Nextcloud supports "app passwords", which take the place of your actual password, but they only work for an app or program, and not for full access to the site.
+{{:linux:nextcloud-app-passwords-1.png?400 |}}
+To  generate an app password, log in on the nextcloud site, click on your profile name or picture (top right corner, it will show your initials or a chosen picture). From the menu, select "personal settings" and then "security".
+There might be a short or long list of previous sessions; below that at the bottom of the page, is a field "App name" with a button "Create new app password" next to it. Simply type a name in the "App name" field and click the button.
+Now a window will pop up showing the generated password. Either type this into the password field of the app you are configuring (eg the Linux desktop "Online Accounts" preferences dialog), or press the button to display a QR code, which can be scanned into mobile apps, such as the Nextcloud app on Android or iOS.
+By the way, the "personal settings" menu also has an entry called "Mobile & desktop" which has the links to these mobile apps
 ===== Enable NextCloud in a file manager =====
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+Alternatively, and probably better now that we are moving towards two-factor authentication for nextcloud, one can generate an "app password" from the web interface of nextcloud, and use that password here in stead of your actual password.

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