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title: Managing your authentication methods
description: You can add, remove, and rename authentication methods. Choose from a list of devices when you authenticate. Manage your PingID mobile app (including transferring the app to a new device), manage PingID desktop app, and find out what to do if your device is lost or stolen.
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revdate: April 9, 2024
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# Managing your authentication methods

You can add, remove, and rename authentication methods. Choose from a list of devices when you authenticate. Manage your PingID mobile app (including transferring the app to a new device), manage PingID desktop app, and find out what to do if your device is lost or stolen.

Throughout this section, we will use the term "device" and "authentication device" to include "authentication method" as well unless there is a specific difference.

## Adding and authenticating with multiple devices

Add one or more additional authentication methods. This is a best practice, so that you won't get locked out of your account if you lose your device, leave your phone at home, or find yourself temporarily without an internet connection. The authentication methods you can add are defined by your organization, and they might also let you manage your devices from your MyAccount page.

* [Add and reorder devices](pid_manage_devices_from_myaccount.html)

* [Rename a device](pid_manage_devices_from_myaccount.html)

* [Select a device during authentication](pid_choosing_different_device_for_authentication_web_windows.html)

* [Select a device during authentication (VPN)](pid_choosing_different_device_for_authenticating_vpn.html)

* [Unpair a device](pid_manage_devices_from_myaccount.html)

* [Handling a lost, broken, or stolen device situation](pid_ug_a_lost_or_stolen_device_situation.html)

## Managing PingID mobile app

You can manage many of your PingID settings from the PingID mobile app, including:

* [Move PingID app to a different phone (Change Device)](pid_ug_mapp_transfer_mobile_app_to_different_device.html)

* [View, pair or remove additional organizations](pid_ug_mapp_managing_organizations.html)

* [Change your mobile app PIN](pid_changing_the_mobile_app_pin.html)

* [Disable push notifications](pid_ug_mapp_disable_push_notifications.html)

* [Report fraud](pid_ug_mapp_reporting_fraud.html)

* [Send an event log to your support team](pid_ug_mapp_send_logs.html)

* [View supported operating systems](pid_supported_operating_systems.html)

* [Manage your Android device settings forPingID](pid_manage_pid_device_settings_android.html)

* [Manage your iPhone device settings for PingID](pid_manage_pid_device_settings_ios.html)

* [Update PingID mobile app](pid_updating_the_mobile_app_two.html)

* [Unpair PingID mobile app](pid_ug_unpair.html)

## Managing PingID desktop app

You can manage many of your PingID settings from within the PingID desktop app, including:

* [Pair your desktop app to an additional organization](pid_pair_desktop_app_to_additional_organization.html)

* [Manually update the desktop app (Mac)](pid_update_desktop_app_mac.html)

* [Manually update the desktop app (Windows)](pid_update_desktop_app_windows.html)

* [Change or reset your desktop app PIN code](pid_change_desktop_app_pin_code.html)

* [Disable your proxy for PingID desktop app](pid_enable_proxy_for_pid_desktop_app.html)

* [Send an event log to customer support](pid_send_log_information.html)

* [Unpair PingID desktop app](pid_unpair_pid_desktop_app.html)