---
title: Pairing your email
description: "Register or 'pair' your email address from a web browser, so you can receive a one-time passcode (OTP) to your email, and use it to authenticate securely with PingID."
component: pingid-user-guide
page_id: pingid-user-guide:secure_authentication_with_pingid:pid_setting_up_email_authentication
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid-user-guide/secure_authentication_with_pingid/pid_setting_up_email_authentication.html
revdate: August 3, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
  result-2: Result:
  result-3: Result:
  result-4: Result
---

# Pairing your email

Register or 'pair' your email address from a web browser, so you can receive a one-time passcode (OTP) to your email, and use it to authenticate securely with PingID.

## About this task

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|   | After you have paired your device and authenticated successfully using a web browser, you can also use it to authenticate when accessing your VPN or Mac login machine, if your company allows you to do so. |

## Steps

1. Sign on to your account or app and when you see the registration window, click **Start**.

   ![A screen capture of the Registration window showing the Start button.](_images/gak1668088907565.png)

   You'll see the **Add a New Device** window, showing the **Email** icon.

   ![A screen capture of the Add New Device window showing device options available for you to add.](_images/lcz1668089066706.png)

2. In the **Add a New Device** window, click **Email**.

   ### Result:

   You'll see a pop-up window in which you can enter your email address.

   ![A screen capture of the Email window requesting you to enter the email you want to use to authenticate with the Next or Cancel option.](_images/xzb1634040839012.png)

3. Enter your email address, and then click **Next**.

   ### Result:

   A one-time passcode (OTP) is sent to the email address you specified.![A screen capture of the email from PingID displaying the one-time passcode to use complete authentication through email.](_images/pni1564021149247.png)

4. Copy the OTP you received in the PingID email. In your browser, in the **Enter passcode** field, paste or enter the OTP. Click **Verify**.

   ![A screen capture of the Email Verification window requesting you to enter the one-time passcode in the Enter passcode field.](_images/egh1634040962697.png)

   ### Result:

   After you successfully authenticate, the green **Authenticated** message with a check mark appears. You are automatically signed on to your organization's dock or app.

## Result

The next time you sign on to your account or app:

1. You receive an OTP through your email.

2. Enter the OTP.

3. Click **Sign On** to complete the authentication.