What is on your account page?

Your account page holds the settings that are yours rather than the workspace's. Reach it from the avatar menu at the foot of the sidebar, then Account settings.

Unlike Settings, this is not admin-only. Every signed-in person has one.

What is on it?

Three sections.

• Your profile: display name, handle, photo and the email you sign in with. See How to change your name, photo and sign-in email.
• Notifications and What buzzes you: turning notifications on for this device, quiet hours, your default for channels, and the per-category switches. See What are notifications?.
• Out of office: handing your standing to a colleague while you are away. See How to hand over your work while you are away.

Which of these follow you between devices?

Your profile and your preferences are per person and follow you everywhere.

Turning notifications on is per browser and per device. Switching them on for your laptop does nothing for your phone, and each one has to be done where you want the buzz. See How to turn on notifications.

What is worth doing on day one?

Three things, and they take about two minutes.

Set your handle, because that is what people type to mention you. A handle nobody can guess means nobody mentions you.

Add a photo. Avatars are how people scan a task list and a chat channel, and a wall of initials is slower to read than it sounds.

Turn notifications on and send yourself a test. Believing you have notifications and having them are different things.

Is there a password to change?

No. Tideswell has no passwords, so there is nothing to reset or rotate.

You sign in with your email, and changing that address is covered in How to change your name, photo and sign-in email.

Where to go next

How to change your name, photo and sign-in email for name, photo and sign-in email. How to hand over your work while you are away before your next holiday, which is the one people find out about too late.