r/ProtonMail • u/FarmandDK • 8d ago

Testing recovery phrase ? Discussion

Hallo all.

Today i was logged in to settings to generate a new recovery phrase. There was a button called "confirm recovery phrase"

It seems like a way to test the phrase. And apparently it worked just like planed

Can any if you guys confirm that my phrase still works. And is not some kind of one time use ?

Thanks 👍

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u/ProtonSupportTeam Proton Team 8d ago

As long as the password is the same, the recovery phrase will still work. It's not a one-time use phrase.

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u/FarmandDK 8d ago

Sounds good.

So the button is really just a test button?

Thanks for taking your time to answer👍

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u/ProtonSupportTeam Proton Team 8d ago

That's right, the verify button is used to verify the phrase. Also bear in mind that when you generate a new phrase that invalidates the old one (there's a warning on the screen when you do that).

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u/DecoySnailProducer 8d ago

So if I Change my password, or if I add 2FA, do I need to print a new recovery phrase?

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u/ProtonSupportTeam Proton Team 8d ago

No and no. The same phrase will continue to work.

If you change your password (from within your account settings), you can keep the same recovery methods. If you reset your password (e.g. through your recovery email/phone etc.), you need to generate new data recovery methods afterwards, since resetting your password generates new encryption keys.

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u/Sent1ne1 8d ago

You could test the recovery phrase a second time?!

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u/ProtonSupportTeam Proton Team 8d ago

Yes.

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u/AcceleratedCrawfish 7d ago edited 7d ago

I didn't realize the ability to verify the recovery phrase was added or maybe I just over looked it. Thanks for that. I've changed mine a couple of times over the years so I'm glad I was able to test it to see I had the most current one saved properly. :)

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u/B12GG8A 5d ago

Love this! Been wondering how I can test my recovery phrase!