Your authentication information is incorrect. How to fix AWS MFA?
2 min readMay 16, 2019
You cannot login to your AWS account with correct password and correct MFA code? No, you do not have paranoia. Let’s fix AWS MFA!
Step 1: Google Authenticator
If you use another application for 2-step verification codes, skip this step. Navigate to your Google Authenticator mobile app. Open Settings. Select Time correction for codes:
Select Sync now:
Step 2: AWS
Navigate to https://console.aws.amazon.com. Enter your account ID or account alias (e.g. medium). Click Next button:
Enter your e-mail address and password. Click Sign In button:
Click Troubleshoot MFA link:
Click Re-sync MFA device button:
Enter first MFA code. Enter next MFA code. Click Re-sync MFA device button:
