How to remove the temporary OTP on Kite

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You cannot remove the temporary OTP step on Zerodha Kite , because NSE and SEBI require a second authentication factor on every trading login; what you can do is switch the temporary OTP from an SMS-delivered code to an authenticator-generated TOTP , under My profile then Password & security. The OTP step itself is mandatory and stays; only its form is yours to choose.

The phrase “temporary OTP” describes the time-limited one-time password Kite asks for after your password at each login. It is temporary in the literal sense: each code is valid for a short window, about 30 seconds for an authenticator code, then expires. People searching to “remove” it usually mean one of two things: they want to stop the SMS-delivered OTP and use something smoother, or Zerodha issued them a one-off temporary access after a lockout and they want to know how to get back to a normal login. This guide covers both.

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How to remove the temporary OTP on Kite