# Account

> Sign in to Italic with Apple, Google or your email, set your name and photo, and manage your sign-ins.

One Italic account holds your recordings, chat, settings and devices. Sign
in to it on the Italic app for iPhone, the web app and Italic for Mac, and
each shows the same Home.

## Sign in [#sign-in]

Italic offers three ways to sign in, on the web and on iPhone:

- **Continue with Apple**
- **Continue with Google**
- **Your email**: enter it, choose **Email me a code**, and enter the
  six-digit code from the email. The code expires in 10 minutes and works
  once. When you connect an assistant, or sign in to Italic for Mac in your
  browser, the page emails a sign-in link instead.

If you sign in with Apple or Google using the same email as your Italic
account, you reach that same account. If you choose Apple's **Hide My
Email**, Apple gives Italic a private address, and that makes a separate
Italic account.

On iPhone, a new install opens on the sign-in screen (App 342 and later). To
sign in later, open the Profile tab, tap the account row at the top, then
**Sign In**. Italic for Mac and AI assistants sign in through your browser, on
Italic's sign-in page.
See [Mac](/apps/mac) and [AI assistants](/apps/ai-assistants).

## Your name and photo [#your-name-and-photo]

Set a preferred name and a photo once, and every app shows them: the Profile
tab on iPhone, the account row in the web app's sidebar, and Italic for Mac.

- **Web**: choose your name in the sidebar to open **Profile**, then choose
  **Edit**. Choose **Upload photo** (PNG, JPEG or WebP), and later **Change
  photo** or **Remove photo**.
- **iPhone**: open the Profile tab, tap the account row at the top, then tap
  the edit button at the top right. Tap **Upload Photo**, **Change Photo** or
  **Remove Photo**.

Without a photo, Italic shows the first letter of your name, or of your
email. ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants never get your photo.

## Staying signed in [#staying-signed-in]

- **Browsers and iPhones** stay signed in until they go 60 days without
  Italic. If Italic can't be reached for a moment, the web app says
  "Couldn't connect. Trying again…" and keeps you signed in.
- **Italic for Mac, Claude, ChatGPT and other apps you connect** keep access
  until you disconnect them. After an update that needs new permissions,
  Italic for Mac asks you to **Sign In Again**.

To end your other sign-ins, open **Security** in the web app and, under
Sessions, choose **Sign out other devices**. On iPhone, it's Profile →
Security → Sessions → **Sign Out Other Devices…**. Every other browser and
iPhone is signed out; apps you connected keep access until you disconnect
them.

## Sign out [#sign-out]

- **Web**: choose **Sign out** in your account menu, or on Security under
  Sessions. Signing out clears cached library and chat data and temporary account hints. If this browser has recorded audio, Italic asks whether to keep it for your next sign-in or remove it.
- **iPhone**: Profile → Security → Sessions, then **Sign Out** beside This
  iPhone. If something hasn't synced yet, Italic lists it and lets you keep it
  on your iPhone for when you sign in again, or delete it.

## Delete your account [#delete-your-account]

In the web app, open **Profile** and choose **Delete account…** under
Account. On iPhone, open the Profile tab, tap the account row at the top, tap
**⋯** at the top right and choose **Delete Account…**. Type DELETE to
confirm.

Deleting your account deletes every synced recording and chat, your stats,
profile and settings, and signs out every device. It also revokes Italic's
Apple and Google sign-in. This can't be undone.