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Account & language

Your account belongs to your email address. It applies to every institution that has invited you.

Open your account

  1. At the bottom of the main navigation, choose your name.
  2. Choose Open your account. The Your account page opens under Settings → Account.

Change your display name

The display name appears on the records you edit.

  1. Under Profile, change the Display name.
  2. Choose Save. When "Saved" appears, the change has been applied.

You cannot change the email address under Sign-in. If you want to use a different address, you need an invitation to that address.

Choose your language

Under Language, choose Deutsch (Schweiz) or English. The interface switches immediately. Your choice applies in all institutions and on every device. If you choose Workspace default, you see the default language of whichever institution you are working in.

What you have recorded, such as titles and descriptions, stays in the language it was entered in.

The institution's default language

The default language applies to all members who have not chosen their own language. Owners set it under Settings → General → Language, at Default language. If you have chosen your own language, Use workspace defaults for my account takes you back to the default language there.

Your institutions

Under Institutions you see all institutions your account has access to. Choose one to open its workspace. You get access to another institution when it sends you an invitation.

Switch account or sign out

There are two buttons for this at the end of the page.

  • Switch account signs you out and takes you to the sign-in page.
  • Sign out signs you out.