Microsoft Authenticator
No more passwords, easier sign-in, and greater protection for your accounts.
- Total installs
- 242,313,266
- Installs / day
- +392K
- Rating
- 4.6★
- Released
- 13 Jan 2015
- Last update
- 21 Sept 2026
- Countries
- —
exact · Play shows 100,000,000+
7-day avg · last day +568.8K
2.8M ratings · 115.4K reviews
11.8y ago
v6.2609.6214 · 22d ago
not checked yet
Install history
exact counter from Google PlayInstalls per day · last 90 days
Change timeline
Full historyNo changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.
Country availability
Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.
Top countries
estimate · charts of 13 OctMost downloads likely come from 🇮🇳 India (~23%), out of 143 countries where it is charted.
Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.
Top chart positions
as of 13 Oct| Chart | Country | Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trending · Business | AU | #1 | ▲ 9 |
| Top free · Business | AU | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | BE | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | CH | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | CL · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 2 |
| Trending · Business | CO · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | CY · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Business | DK | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | FI | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | FR · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | GE · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | HU · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | IE | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | JP · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | LU · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | MA · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | NL · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | NL | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | NO · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | NO | #1 | = |
| Top free · Business | NZ | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | PY · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 2 |
| Trending · Business | SE · 12 Oct | #1 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Business | SG | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | SI | #1 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Business | SI | #1 | ▲ 2 |
| Trending · Business | SN · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | TN · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | ZA · 12 Oct | #1 | = |
| Trending · Business | AL | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Business | AT | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Trending · Business | BA · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 3 |
| Top free · Business | CA | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Trending · Business | CH | #2 | — |
| Top free · Business | DE | #2 | = |
| Top free · Business | ES | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Trending · Business | GB · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Business | GB | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Trending · Business | GR · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Business | HU | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Business | IL | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | IN · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | IT · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | JO | #2 | = |
| Top free · Business | JO | #2 | ▲ 3 |
| Trending · Business | MK · 12 Oct | #2 | — |
| Trending · Business | NA · 12 Oct | #2 | ▲ 1 |
| Trending · Business | PH | #2 | ▲ 16 |
| Top free · Business | PL | #2 | = |
| Top free · Business | PT | #2 | = |
| Top free · Business | SE | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Business | SK | #2 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Business | AG | #3 | = |
| Top free · Business | AL | #3 | = |
| Top free · Business | AW | #3 | = |
| Top free · Business | BA | #3 | = |
| Trending · Business | BE · 12 Oct | #3 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Business | BS | #3 | = |
| Top free · Business | BW | #3 | = |
| Top free · Business | BZ | #3 | = |
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App manifest
Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.
Data safety
declared by the developer on Google Play- Shares data with third parties Location and App activity
- Collects data Location
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can ask for your data to be deleted
This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.
Permissions
15 in 4 groups6 Sensitive5 Notable4 Routine
What this app can do with your phone
- Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
- Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
- Use your camera to take photos and record videos
- Add or remove accounts on your device and delete their saved passwords
- Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using
- Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online services
IdentitySensitive1
Access to accounts on the device and your personal profile card
- Add or remove accounts on your device and delete their saved passwordsadd or remove accounts ·
MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
LocationSensitive2
Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals
- Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) ·
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) ·
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
CameraSensitive1
Access to your camera to take photos and record video
- Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos ·
CAMERA
OtherSensitive11
Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories
- Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps ·
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW - Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online servicesuse accounts on the device ·
USE_CREDENTIALS - Create its own accounts on your device and read or set their passwordscreate accounts and set passwords ·
AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS - Close other apps that are running in the backgroundclose other apps ·
KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES - Use NFC to talk with tags, cards and readers held close to your phonecontrol Near Field Communication ·
NFC - Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup ·
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping ·
WAKE_LOCK - Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections ·
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access ·
INTERNET - Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration ·
VIBRATE - Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet ·
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.
Store listing
Full description
Use Microsoft Authenticator for easy, secure sign-ins for all your online accounts using multi-factor authentication or passwordless. You also have additional account management options for your Microsoft personal, work or school accounts.
Getting started with multi-factor authentication
Multi factor authentication (MFA) or two factor authentication (2FA) provides a second layer of security. When logging in with multi-factor authentication, you’ll enter your password, and then you’ll be asked for an additional way to prove it’s really you. Either approve the notification sent to the Microsoft Authenticator, or enter the one-time password (OTP) generated by the app. The one-time passwords (OTP codes) have a 30 second timer counting down. This timer is so you never have to use the same time-based one-time password (TOTP) twice and you don’t have to remember the number. The one-time password (OTP) doesn’t require you to be connected to a network, and it won’t drain your battery. You can add multiple accounts to your app, including non-Microsoft accounts like Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and more.
Getting started with passwordless
Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. Just enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone. Your fingerprint, face ID, or PIN will provide a second layer of security in this two-step verification process. After you’ve signed in with two factor authentication (2FA), you’ll have access to all your Microsoft products and services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Office, and more.
Microsoft personal, work or school accounts
Sometimes your work or school might ask you to install the Microsoft Authenticator when accessing certain files, emails, or apps. You will need to register your device to your organization through the app and add your work or school account. Microsoft Authenticator also supports cert-based authentication by issuing a certificate on your device. This will let your organization know that the sign-in request is coming from a trusted device and help you seamlessly and securely access additional Microsoft apps and services without needing to log into each. Because Microsoft Authenticator supports single sign-on, once you have proven your identity once, you will not need to log in again to other Microsoft apps on your device.
Optional Access Permissions
Microsoft Authenticator includes the following optional access permissions. All these require user consent. If you choose to not grant these optional access permissions, you can still use Microsoft Authenticator for other services that do not require such permission. For more information see https://aka.ms/authappfaq
Location: Sometimes your organization wants to know your location before allowing you to access certain resources. The app will request this permission only if your organization has a policy requiring location.
Camera: Used to scan QR codes when you add a work, school, or non-Microsoft account.
Read the contents of your storage: This permission is only used when you report a technical problem through the app settings. Some information from your storage is collected to diagnose the issue.
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