How to restore a deleted account in authenticator app

Question

Hello,
I accidentally delete an account in the authenticator app so I could not sign in to one of the account because it requires the code in order to sign in. Please advise how to restore the account.

Answer 1

You can't restore accounts selectively. Your options are to restore from a backup (assuming there is one) or work with the service provider's methods for account recovery.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/how-it-works-backup-and-restore-for-microsoft-authenticator/ba-p/1006678

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Answer 2

Make sure no accounts have been added to the newly install app. Then sign on with recovery account to do the restore.

You can recover your account credentials from your cloud account, but you must first make sure that the account you're recovering doesn't exist in the Microsoft Authenticator app. For example, if you're recovering your personal Microsoft account, you must make sure you don't have a personal Microsoft account already set up in the authenticator app. This check is important so we can be sure we're not overwriting or erasing an existing account by mistake.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/back-up-and-recover-account-credentials-in-the-authenticator-app-bb939936-7a8d-4e88-bc43-49bc1a700a40

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