Find, filter and copy verification codes

This guide shows you where verification codes appear, and how to find and copy the one you need. ExitNode picks codes and links out of incoming mail and SMS, so you don’t have to open the message.

Codes come from your catch-all domains, your connected mailboxes and your rented numbers.

Where codes appear

Place	Best for
Verifications in the desktop app	Looking through everything, with details.
The floating Codes window	Copying a code while you work in a browser.
Codes in the web app	Checking codes when you aren’t at the desktop app.

Codes belong to your organization, not to one profile. To tell them apart, look at the address each one was sent to.

The Verifications screen

Click Verifications in the sidebar. A number on the item shows how many arrived since you last opened it. Opening the screen clears it.

The Recent verifications group lists your codes:

Column	What it shows
Type	Email code, Link or SMS rental.
Verification	The service, or the sender, and where it came from.
Value / status	The code, or the link.
Updated	When it arrived.
Actions	View, and for a waiting number, a cancel button.

A message marked On this device was read from a mailbox kept on this computer. See Connected mailboxes.

This guide covers Recent verifications. The Active requests group above it isn’t covered here.

Copy a code

To copy	Do this
A code	Click it. A tick shows it’s copied.
A link	Click Verification link. This copies it and opens it in your browser.
A rented number	Click the number.

See the full message

Click a row, or click View. The dialog shows:

• The code. Click it to copy.
• The original message.
• From (email) or From (number).
• Status, and Tag if it has one.
• Received.

If you see Source message unavailable., the original mail can’t be opened. The code is still there.

Filter the list

Control	What it does
All, SMS, Email	Shows one kind.
Show cancelled	Includes cancelled, refunded and expired rentals. The label shows how many are hidden.

Search

Type in Search verifications… at the top. It matches the service, code, sender and phone number.

Search works on the page you’re looking at. To look further back, use Prev and Next at the bottom, then search again.

The floating Codes window

This small window stays on top of your browsers, and shows new codes as they arrive.

• Show or hide it: click Open Codes in the title bar of the main window.
• Hide it: click the x in its top corner.
• Move it: drag it anywhere.

It opens by itself when you start a profile, unless you’ve hidden it yourself. Once you hide it, it stays hidden until you open it again.

Each card shows:

• Who sent it, and how long ago.
• The address or number it was sent to.
• The code or link.
• Copy or Copy link. The button says Copied for a moment.

The header shows idle, or how many are running. With no codes yet, it says Listening for verification codes….

The Codes page in the web app

Click Codes in the web app’s sidebar.

Control	What it does
All, SMS, Email	Shows one kind.
Show cancelled	Tick it to include cancelled items. The label also shows how many are hidden, such as Show cancelled (2).
Search…	Matches the code, sender, service and tag.
The gear	Opens ExitNode addresses.

Click a code to copy it. A link has a copy button and an Open in new tab button.

If something goes wrong

“No recent verifications on this page.” Nothing has arrived, or your filters hide it. Try All.

“Nothing matches these filters.” Clear the search on the web page, or pick All.

“Listening for verification codes…” This is normal when there’s nothing new. If you’re expecting a code, check that the address is on a verified domain, or a connected mailbox.

“Sign in to the ExitNode app to receive codes.” The Codes window needs you to be signed in.

A code hasn’t arrived Open Inbox to see whether the mail arrived. If it did, the message may not contain a code that ExitNode could pick out. Read it there.