> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thedrive.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Profile and Sign-in

> Sign in to The Drive AI, change your name, photo, password and theme, switch workspaces, and delete your account

## Ways to sign in

You can sign in with:

* **Google** (**Continue with Google**)
* **Microsoft** (**Continue with Microsoft**)
* **Apple** (**Continue with Apple**)
* **Email and password**

The sign-in page marks the method you used last time in that browser with **Last used**.

## Create an account

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the sign-up page">
    Go to [thedrive.ai](https://thedrive.ai) and choose to sign up. If you're on the sign-in page, click **Sign up** next to **No account?**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose how to sign in">
    Click **Continue with Google**, **Continue with Microsoft** or **Continue with Apple**, and follow the steps from that service.

    Or fill in **Name**, **Email**, **Password** and **Confirm Password**, complete the security check, and click **Create account**. Your password needs at least 8 characters, with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number and a special character.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Answer a few questions">
    A few short screens follow. You can click **Skip** at any point.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You start in your own personal workspace. See [Quick Start](/getting-started/quick-start).

## Forgot your password

For accounts that sign in with email and password:

1. On the sign-in page, click **Forgot password?**.
2. Enter your email and click **Send reset link**.
3. Open the email and follow the link to choose a new password.

If you sign in with Google, Microsoft or Apple, there's no The Drive AI password to reset. Use that service's own account recovery.

## Your profile

Open **Settings** > **Profile**, or click your name at the bottom of the left sidebar.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/thedriveai/YatMpyH-kbr3S5Ie/images/settings-profile.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=YatMpyH-kbr3S5Ie&q=85&s=87eb0437ba5a0a1ca45cc244b8086535" alt="Settings, Profile tab, with photo, name, email, sign-in method, appearance and Delete account" width="2112" height="1594" data-path="images/settings-profile.png" />
</Frame>

| Setting | What you can do |
| - | - |
| **Name** | Your display name across the workspace. Click your name, type a new one, and press Enter or click the check mark. |
| Photo | Email-and-password accounts can click **Update photo** to upload one. |
| **Email** | The email you sign in with. You can't change it here. |
| **Sign-in method** | Shows **Google**, **Microsoft** or **Apple** if you sign in with one of them. |
| **Password** | Email-and-password accounts only. See [Change your password](#change-your-password). |
| **Appearance** | Choose **Light**, **Dark** or **System**. |

At the bottom of the tab are **Delete account** and **Sign out**.

### Change your password

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Password">
    In **Settings** > **Profile**, click **Change** next to **Password**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your passwords">
    Enter your **Current password**, then the **New password** twice. It needs at least 8 characters, with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number and a special character.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Update password**. You're signed out, and you sign in again with the new password.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Your workspaces

You can belong to several workspaces: your personal workspace, team workspaces you created, and team workspaces you've been invited to. Your account and profile are the same in all of them. Files, members, connected accounts, workflows, plan and usage belong to each workspace.

**To switch workspace,** click the workspace name at the top of the left sidebar and choose another. Your personal workspace is marked **Personal**, and an icon shows your role in each.

**To join a workspace,** accept the invitation. It shows up in the bell in the top toolbar.

**To leave a team workspace,** see [Members and roles](/account/members-and-roles). The owner can't leave their own workspace without handing it to someone else first.

## Delete your account

Deleting your account is permanent and can't be undone.

### Before you start

* **If you own a team workspace,** you can't delete your account yet. For each one, either give it to another member with **Make owner** in **Settings** > **Members**, or delete it in **Settings** > **Danger Zone**. If you try anyway, you see a message naming the workspaces you still own.
* **If you want to keep your files,** download them first. Files in your personal workspace are deleted with your account.
* **If you subscribed through the Apple App Store,** cancel the subscription in your Apple ID settings. Deleting your account doesn't cancel it there.

### Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open your profile">
    Open **Settings** > **Profile**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Delete">
    Next to **Delete account**, click **Delete**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Click **Yes, delete my account**. You're signed out and taken to the home page.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### What happens

* **Your personal workspace** is deleted with all its files. A paid personal plan bought on the web is cancelled.
* **Team workspaces you belong to** stay. You're removed from them. Files you added to a team workspace stay there, because they belong to the workspace.
* **What the agent kept for you** is erased in every workspace.
* **Your notifications** are deleted.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I can't sign in with my password">
    Check you're using the same method you signed up with: if you signed up with Google, Microsoft or Apple, use that button. Otherwise, click **Forgot password?** to reset it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I can't change my photo">
    **Update photo** is only for email-and-password accounts. It doesn't appear if you sign in with Google, Microsoft or Apple.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Delete account says I own a team workspace">
    Transfer ownership with **Make owner** in **Settings** > **Members**, or delete the workspace in **Settings** > **Danger Zone**, then try again.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## What's next?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Notifications" icon="bell" href="/account/notifications">
    Choose what can interrupt you.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Members and roles" icon="users" href="/account/members-and-roles">
    Invite people and set roles.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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