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Etsy will still read a code out over a phone call. What else it accepts, where its own instructions are, and what happens when the phone holding your codes is gone.
These are the second factors Etsy offers on etsy.com. Which ones you
see can depend on your plan and your country;
what each of the seven actually costs you is set out once.
| Method | What it is | |
|---|---|---|
| Authenticator app (TOTP) | Supported | Computed on your own device; nothing is sent to produce it. |
| SMS text message | Supported | Texted to your number, so your carrier is part of the lock. |
| Voice call | Supported | Read out over a call; the same carrier dependency as SMS. |
| Hardware security key | Not offered | A physical key you tap; the one option phishing does not beat. |
Data sourced from 2FA Directory by 2factorauth. Snapshot 2026-09-24.
Etsy offers both SMS and an authenticator app. They are not equivalent — a texted code depends on your mobile carrier and survives no longer than control of your phone number, while a generated code never travels. If both are enabled, the account is only as strong as the weaker one, because an attacker picks.
Of the fifty services on this site, six still read a code out over a voice call,
and Etsy is one of them. Three of the fifty accept exactly this combination, so the same
decision comes up on two other
services here. Among the two services filed under retail, not one
accepts a hardware security key.
The directory files Etsy under retail, records three of the seven second
factors it tracks, and points at instructions published at
help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015569567#h_01EZCBHFZHS7NBB4VA7NFE9YMX.
Etsy's own instructions: Etsy — two-factor authentication — linked, never copied, because a stale menu path here locks people out.
Etsy publishes no dedicated page for losing your second factor, which in practice means the route back is ordinary account recovery: proving who you are to support, on their timetable.
Background: how the codes work · what still works when the phone is gone.
An iPhone, iPad and Mac authenticator for these codes that makes no network calls at all. What is free and what Pro adds. Get it on the App Store