Setup, challenge, recovery and account guidance for the CodeWords mobile app.
Meet the other person with both phones unlocked and online. On one phone choose People, Add a trusted person, Show my code. On the other choose Scan their code. Allow camera and Bluetooth, compare the three words and number on both screens, then approve on each phone.
Open the phone's system settings for CodeWords and allow Camera and Nearby devices or Bluetooth. On Android 11 and earlier, Bluetooth discovery is grouped under Location permission, but CodeWords does not read or store coordinates.
Do not approve. Cancel both sessions, keep the phones together and begin again. Matching codes are part of the connection check, not an optional confirmation.
Choose Challenge, select a trusted connection, then describe the exact action. Include the recipient and amount for a money request. The other phone can Confirm, Deny or choose I am being pressured before the challenge expires.
Sign in, choose Recover this phone and complete password and verified-email checks. Recovery has a cooling period and revokes every old phone, session, relationship and pending challenge. You must meet trusted people again.
Open People, select the connection and choose Revoke. Pending challenges stop and the connection cannot be restored silently. Meet and reconnect if you trust the person again.
Never send us a password, recovery code, biometric information, private signing key or full QR payload. Support will not ask you to approve a challenge.