> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/administrator/users/your-account.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

`Your account` holds your sign-in, security and personal settings. Open it from your account menu:
your name at the foot of the sidebar, or at the right of the top bar on a phone or tablet. Its
tabs are `Profile`, `Mobile and two-step verification`, `Email and password`, `Active sessions`,
`Delete account`, `Preferences` and `My access`.

`My access` lists the access permissions you hold in your organisation. To have them changed, see
[Administrators and permissions](administrators-and-permissions.md#check-your-own-access).

## Profile

Change your `Display name`, `Phone`, `Bio` and social links, then select `Save changes`. Under
`Profile picture`, select `Upload a new photo` or choose one from your library with
`Use this picture`.

Under `Appearance`, choose `System`, `Light` or `Dark`. `System` follows your device's light or dark
setting and is where everyone starts. Your choice applies straight away and follows you to every
device you sign in on. In the browser you chose it on, it also stays on Backed's sign-in pages after
you sign out. Emails, PDFs and your organisation's public pages are not affected. `Appearance` in
your account menu (`Light` or `Dark`) is the same setting, so a change in either place shows in
both. To follow your device again, choose `System` here.

Under `Language and formats`, choose your `Language`, `Date format` and `Clock`. Each starts on
`Organisation default`, which follows your organisation's own setting and names it, for example
`Organisation default (English (Australia))`. `Language` lists only the languages your organisation
has turned on; words that are not translated yet show in English. Under `Date format` and `Clock`
you see today's date and the time in the format you pick. Select `Save language and formats`. Your
choice applies straight away and follows you to every device. Emails, PDFs and your organisation's
public pages keep their own formats.

## Mobile and two-step verification

1. Enter your `Mobile number` and select `Send verification code`.
2. Enter the code and select `Verify`.
3. Turn on `SMS two-step verification` to be asked for an SMS code each time you sign in.

Changing your mobile number turns two-step verification off. If your organisation requires it, you
set it up again the next time you open your organisation.

## Email and password

- To change your email address, enter the `New email address`, confirm your password and select
  `Update email`.
- To change your password, enter your `Current password` and a `New password` of at least 8
  characters, confirm it and select `Update password`.
- If you joined with your mobile number, your account has no email address or password yet. The
  tab shows `Add your email address`: enter it and select `Add email`, with no password to confirm,
  then enter the code we email you to confirm it. To set a password, enter a `New password`, confirm
  it and select `Set password`.

## Active sessions

`Active sessions` lists where you are signed in. End one session, or sign out everywhere else.

If you see a session you don't recognise, end it, change your password and select
`Report unauthorised use of your account` under the list. It opens an email to Backed support with
the subject filled in.

## Preferences

`Dashboard Preferences` chooses which Dashboard sections are shown, and in what order. Tick `Show`
for each section, move sections up or down, then select `Save Dashboard Preferences`. Hidden
sections can be shown again at any time.

The same tab chooses which emails you receive. Emails about your account, such as sign-in codes and
security notices, are always sent. If you can access Payments, `Grant recommendation submitted`
emails you when a donor recommends a grant from a Fund; turn it off here if you don't want it.

Under `Notification channels`, turn on `Text messages` to get a text beside some emails, such as
reminders. It needs a verified mobile: if you have none, select `Verify your mobile` and verify it
under `Mobile and two-step verification`. If your organisation does not send texts, the section
says so. Turn `Text messages` off at any time; emails keep arriving.

Under `Calendar feed`, select `Create link` to see this organisation's dates in your own calendar:
funding rounds opening and closing, Milestone due dates you can see, and your own tasks. Then
select `Add to Outlook` or `Add to Google Calendar`, or `Copy link` and paste it into any other
calendar app as a subscription. Each event shows only a number, a title and a link. Calendars check
the link about once an hour. Keep it private: anyone who has it can see these dates. Select
`Reset link` if it has been shared by mistake; calendars subscribed to the old link stop updating at
once, so add the new link to them again.

Preferences belong to an administrator of the organisation you have open.

## Delete account

`Delete account` removes your access and sign-in. It can't be undone. You can't do this if you're
the only owner or administrator of an organisation: hand it over first.

## On your organisation's own web address

If your organisation runs Backed on its own web address rather than `backed.giving`, `Your account`
there shows `Manage your account on Backed` instead of the tabs. Select `Go to Backed` to change
your account settings on Backed's own site; you may need to sign in there.

## See also

- [Security settings](../organisation/security-settings.md)
- [Getting started as an administrator](../getting-started/getting-started-as-an-administrator.md)